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Table 4 Clinical characteristics, aortic deformity and high-attenuated sedimentation in early postmortem patients

From: Quantitative analysis of vascular signs on early postmortem multi-detector computed tomography

 

Early postmortem patients (96 cases)

 

Elliptical/collapsed deformed

High-attenuated sedimentation

 

Aorta

p value

Aorta

p value

SVC/IVC

p value

Clinical characteristics

(+) 42 cases (43.7%)

(-) 54 cases (56.3%)

(+) 19 cases (19.8%)

(-) 77 cases (80.2.%)

(+) 10 cases (10.4%)

(-) 86 cases (89.6%)

Age (Years)

65.4 ± 18.1 (18–94)

73.3 ± 14.8 (25–90)

0.0208

68.0 ± 16.7 (18–94)

70.2 ± 16.7 (28–94)

0.6337

68.8 ± 16.6 (18–94)

70.7 ± 17.1 (28–94)

0.6445

Male/Female

22/17

40/17

0.1661

12/7

50/27

0.8847

12/7

50/27

0.8847

Pectoralis major muscle thickness (mm)

7.9 ± 2.9 (2–15)

8.0 ± 2.7 (3–15)

0.8118

7.7 ± 1.7 (5–11)

8.0 ± 3.0 (2–15)

0.6916

8.2 ± 2.9 (3–11)

7.8 ± 2.6 (3–15)

0.6675

Presternal fat thickness (mm)

6.8 ± 4.3 (1–18)

6.4 ± 4.1 (1–19)

0.6217

7.5 ± 5.0 (1–18)

6.3 ± 3.9 (1–19)

0.2762

7.4 ± 5.2 (3–18)

6.5 ± 4.0 (1–19)

0.5294

Duration time of CPR (minutes)

46.4 ± 7.1 (33–60)

43.4 ± 10.1 (27–79)

0.1106

44.6 ± 9.5 (30–58)

44.7 ± 97.6 (27–79)

0.9735

44.0 ± 6.6 (33–60)

44.7 ± 9.6 (27–79)

0.7706

Infused volume of the Ringer’s solution (mL)

843.9 ± 431.0 (400–1500)

729.6 ± 297.6 (480–1980)

0.1598

717.6 ± 298.4 (400–1400)

776.0 ± 360.0 (400–1980)

0.5356

777.8 ± 365.5 (500–1700)

774.7 ± 361.1 (400–1980)

0.9740

Infused dose of epinephrine (mg)

5.4 ± 2.3 (0–9)

3.8 ± 2.8 (0–8)

0.0022

4.6 ± 2.6 (0–8)

4.4 ± 2.6 (0–9)

0.7900

4.6 ± 2.7 (0–8)

4.5 ± 2.6 (0–9)

0.8246

Time between CPR and MDCT (minutes)

8.1 ± 1.3 (5–10)

8.5 ± 1.1 (5–10)

0.0673

8.5 ± 0.9 (5–10)

8.3 ± 1.2 (7–10)

0.4047

8.6 ± 0.9 (7–10)

8.3 ± 1.2 (5–10)

0.3988

  1. Values are the mean ± standard deviation. Parentheses indicate the range.