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Table 3 Correlation between PaCO2 and other resuscitation characteristics, stratified with PaCO2 70 mmHg

From: Prognostic value of arterial carbon dioxide tension during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receiving extracorporeal resuscitation

Variable

PaCO2 < 70 (n = 75)

PaCO2 > 70 (n = 77)

p-value

Witnessed Arrest (%)

64(85.3)

57(74.0)

0.803

Bystander CPR (%)

54(72.0)

49(63.6)

1

location(public) (%)

55(73.3)

43(55.8)

0.263

Initial shockable (%)

53(70.7)

54(70.1)

0.312

Shockable at ER (%)

42(56.0)

27(35.0)

0.075

No flow time (SD)

3.743(5.263) (n = 74)

3.721(4.989)

0.977

Arrest to ER (SD)

21.37(14.72) (n = 71)

26.9(15.15)

0.0004

Arrest to ECMO (SD)

61.65(19.51)

72.28(20.04)

0.0017

pH (SD)

7.100(0.153)

6.945(0.098)

< 0.0001

Lactic acid (SD)

10.81(4.43) (n = 74)

12.62(4.32) (n = 67)

0.015

HCO3 (SD)

15.64(5.38)

18.97(6.81)

0.0016

K level (SD)

4.49(1.28) (n = 74)

4.42(1.10) (n = 67)

0.7000

Favorable neurological outcome (%)

24(32.0)

9(11.6)

0.0014

Survival (%)

32(42.7)

16(20.7)

0.0249

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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1757-7241