Research Article
Significant Cytokine mRNA Expression Changes Immediately after Initiation of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Table 2
Patient characteristics.
| Patient characteristics | Number (no.)/value (mean ± SD; range) |
| Patient factors | | Age | 63 ± 15 (35–90 years) | Gender (m/f) | 19/6 | Outcome (survivors/nonsurvivors) | 15/10 | Cause of cardiac arrest | | Cardiac disease | 18 | Respiratory failure | 3 | Lung embolism | 1 | Asphyxia | 1 | Trauma | 1 | Unknown | 1 | Initial cardiac rhythm | | Ventricular fibrillation | 17 | Asystole | 8 | Event factors | | Witnessed collapse | 9 | Bystander CPR | 8 | Time to ROSC in minutes | 21 ± 13 (5–50 minutes) | Number of shocks () | 4 ± 3 (1–10) | Treatment | | Hypothermia/normothermia | 6/7 |
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