Early prediction cardiac arrest in intensive care units: the value of laboratory indicator trends
Wentao Sang, Jiaxin Ma, Xuan Zhang, Shuo Wu, Chang Pan, Jiaqi Zheng, Wen Zheng, Qiuhuan Yuan, Jian Zhang, Jingjing Ma, Feng Xu
Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the ICU-CA patients and controls
Parameters Overall (n=1,173) ICU-CA patients (n=391) Controls (n=782) P-value
Age, years, median (IQR) 63 (50, 73) 64 (52, 74) 62 (48, 73) 0.023
Sex (male), n (%) 832 (70.9) 277 (70.8) 555 (71.0) 0.964
CAD, n (%) 411 (35.0) 155 (39.6) 256 (32.7) 0.019
COPD, n (%) 79 (6.7) 29 (7.4) 50 (6.4) 0.510
DM, n (%) 265 (22.6) 101 (25.8) 164 (21.0) 0.061
Stroke, n (%) 248 (21.1) 78 (19.9) 170 (21.7) 0.479
Malignancy, n (%) 128 (10.9) 48 (12.3) 80 (10.2) 0.289
Hypertension, n (%) 593 (50.6) 186 (47.6) 407 (52.0) 0.148
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 148 (12.6) 51 (13.0) 97 (12.4) 0.756
Current smoking, n (%) 493 (42.0) 168 (43.0) 325 (41.6) 0.645
ICU, n (%) 1.000
General ICU 648 (55.2) 214 (54.7) 434 (55.5)
Emergency ICU 53 (4.5) 18 (4.6) 35 (4.5)
Cardiac ICU 60 (5.1) 20 (5.1) 40 (5.1)
Respiratory ICU 89 (7.6) 30 (7.7) 59 (7.5)
Neurosurgical ICU 159 (1.3) 5 (1.3) 10 (1.3)
Cardiac surgical ICU 308 (26.3) 104 (26.6) 204 (26.1)