From: Quantitative analysis of vascular signs on early postmortem multi-detector computed tomography
 | Early postmortem patients (n = 96) | Surviving patients (n = 47) | Control patients (n = 47) | p values | ||
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 |  |  |  | Postmortem vs. Surviving | Postmortem vs Control | Surviving vs Control |
Age (years) | 70.1 ± 16.6 (18–94) | 64.4 ± 16.5 (18–98) | 65.7 ± 16.5 (18–96) | 0.0730 | 0.1376 | 0.7843 |
Male/Female | 62/34 | 30/17 | 26/21 | 0.9296 | 0.2848 | 0.4005 |
Pectoralis major muscle thickness (mm) | 8.0 ± 2.8 (2–15) | 8.3 ± 2.3 (3–13) | 7.8 ± 1.9 (4–13) | 0.5541 | 0.7346 | 0.3241 |
Presternal thickness (mm) | 6.6 ± 4.1 (1–19) | 5.7 ± 4.6 (1–30) | 7.8 ± 3.9 (2–20) | 0.2065 | 0.0985 | 0.4046 |
Duration time of CPR (minutes) | 44.6 ± 9.1 (27–79) | 18. 7 ± 8.8 (19–94) | NP | < 0.0001 | NA | NA |
Infused volume of Ringer’s solution(mL) | 772.4 ± 359.2 (400–1980) | 502.1 ± 153. 9 (300–1200) | NP | < 0.0001 | NA | NA |
Infused dose of epinephrine (mg) | 4.5 ± 2.6 (0–9) | 0.8 ± 1.1 (0–4) | NP | < 0.0001 | NA | NA |
Time between stopping CPR and MDCT scanning (minutes) | 8.4 ± 1.2 (5–10) | 8.5 ± 1.0 (5–10) | NP | 0.4640 | NA | NA |