Table 1

- Comparison of baseline characteristics of cirrhotic patients admitted to the ICU after successful cardiac arrest resuscitation between non-survivors and survivors.

VariableAllDiedSurvivedP-value
n=76n=67n=9
Age (yrs), median (Q1, Q3)64 (57, 73)64 (54, 73)67 (59, 72)0.625
Male gender, n (%)45 (59)39 (58)6 (67)0.628
Diabetes, n (%)36 (47)32 (48)4 (44)0.852
Other chronic Diseases, n (%)
Chronic respiratory11(15)8 (12)3 (33)0.087
Chronic renal25 (32.9)23 (34.3)2 (22)0.468
Immunocompromised7 (9)5 (8)2 (22)0.151
Chronic cardiac17 (22.4)12 (17.9)5 (55.56)0.007
GCS on ICU admission, median (Q1, Q3)3 (3, 8)3 (3, 7)10 (9, 15)0.0003
Mechanical ventilation, n (%)73 (96)67 (100)6 (66.7)0.003
Vasopressors, n (%)47 (62)42 (63)5 (56)0.679
APACHE II, median (Q1, Q3)37 (28.5, 42)38 (30, 43)24 (15, 29)0.006
Laboratory findings in the first 24 hours
Bilirubin (µmol/L), median (Q1, Q3)63 (21, 162)65 (29, 191)17.5 (10.5, 26.5)0.008
Creatinine (µmol/L), median (Q1, Q3)195.5 (131, 271)199 (141, 283)167 (74, 215)0.150
Lactic acid mmol/L, median (Q1, Q3)5.8 (2.9, 10.1)6.4 (3.7, 11.5)2.9 (2, 4.7)0.032
INR, median (Q1, Q3)1.7 (1.4, 2.7)1.75 (1.40, 2.70)1.5 (1.3, 2.2)0.715
PaO2/Fio2 ratio, median (Q1, Q3)155 (79, 237)150 (74, 230)214 (128, 238)0.425

  • For categorical variables, Fisher’s exact test is used to calculate the p-value. For continuous variables, Mann-Whitney test is used to calculate the p-value. For all percentages, the denominator is the total number of subjects in the group.

  • APACHEII: Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II, GCS: Glasgow coma score, INR: internal normalized ratio, PaO2/FiO2 ratio: the ratio of the partial pressure of oxygen to the fraction of inspired oxygen, Q1: first quartile, Q3: third quartile