Timing of brain computed tomography for predicting neurological prognosis in comatose cardiac arrest survivors: a retrospective observational study

Gan-nan Wang, Zhong-man Zhang, Wen Chen, Xiao-quan Xu, Jin-song Zhang

Table 1. Clinical characteristic of enrolled patients

Parameters Good-outcome group (n=26) Poor-outcome group (n=68) P-value Age, years 52.62±16.30 49.72±19.93 0.511 Male 17 (65.4) 47 (69.1) 0.728 Comorbidities Hypertension 12 (46.2) 27 (39.7) 0.570 Diabetes 6 (23.1) 9 (13.2) 0.395 Coronary artery disease 2 (7.7) 9 (13.2) 0.697 Stroke 3 (11.5) 7 (10.3) 0.861 Out-of-hospital CA 13 (50.0) 38 (55.9) 0.609 Bystander CPR 23 (88.5) 44 (64.7) 0.023 Cardiac etiology 15 (57.7) 31 (45.6) 0.294 Initial shockable rhythm 12 (46.2) 20 (29.4) 0.125 Duration of resuscitation, min 33.0 (19.0-45.5) 30.0 (15.5-57.5) 0.679 GCS score after ROSC 7.42±3.71 3.35±0.93 <0.001 Length of stay in hospital, d 17.5 (14.0-28.5) 9.0 (3.5-25.0) 0.010 CPC at hospital discharge CPC 1 5 - CPC 2 21 - CPC 3 - 4 CPC 4 - 30 CPC 5 - 34