Table 1: Baseline characteristics of patients treated and not treated with TTM within the path registry.
|
TTM |
No TTM |
||
|
(n = 976) |
(n = 898) |
P
value |
|
|
Male
sex (%) |
603
(61.8) |
507
(56.5) |
0.01 |
|
Median
age (IQR), years |
62
(51-73) |
68
(56-78) |
|
|
Initial
cardiac arrest rhythm (%) |
<
0.001 |
||
|
Asystole
(Non-shockable) |
207
(22.5) |
190
(22.8) |
|
|
PEA
(Non-shockable) |
316
(34.3) |
415
(49.8) |
|
|
VF/VT
(Shockable) |
398
(43.2) |
229
(27.5) |
|
|
Unknown |
55 |
64 |
|
|
Witnessed
(%) |
699
(71.6) |
745
(83.0) |
<
0.001 |
|
Cardiac
etiology of arrest (%) |
616
(63.1) |
504
(56.1) |
0.001 |
|
Location
of cardiac arrest (%) |
<
0.001 |
||
|
In-hospital |
191
(19.6) |
665
(74.1) |
|
|
Out-of-hospital |
785
(80.4) |
233
(25.9) |
Abbreviations: IQR: Inter-quartile range; PEA:
Pulseless electrical activity; VF: Ventricular fibrillation; VT: Pulseless
ventricular tachycardia.