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Table 1 Clinical characteristics in early postmortem and surviving patients after cardiac arrest and control patients

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

    

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

  1. NP: not performed, NA: Not available.
  2. NP: not performed.