Table 1

Demographic data, admission diagnosis, severity of illness, and morbidity of all patients admitted to the intensive care unit from 1999 to 2001 with cardiac arrest (n = 354)


Cardiac arrest (n = 354)
Hospital non-survivors (n = 204)
Completed questionnaire (n = 81)
GCS score below 6 points (n = 7)

Age in years, mean ± SD
66 ± 13
68 ± 12
61 ± 13
61 ± 12
Median (25th/75th percentile)
68 (60/75)
70 (62/77)
61 (53/72)
64 (50/68)
Gender male/female, number (percentage)
252/102 (71/29)
148/56 (73/27)
57/24 (70/30)
6/1 (86/14)
ICU stay in days, mean ± SD (minimum-maximum)
9 ± 16 (1–113)
8 ± 14 (1–98)
7 ± 11 (1–78)
17 ± 23 (2–67)
Median (25th/75th percentile)
3 (1/9)
4 (1/9)
3 (2/7)
6 (2/18)
Hospital stay in days, mean ± SD (minimum-maximum)
25 ± 28 (1–176)
4 ± 18 (1–150)a
19 ± 18 (1–103)
35 ± 30 (2–101)
Median (25th/75th percentile)
15 (5/33)
NA
14 (10/22)
26 (15/38)
SAPS II, mean ± SD
47 ± 23
58 ± 19a
38 ± 20
47 ± 21
Median (25th/75th percentile)
45 (31/63)
58 (44/71)a
33 (23/53)
53 (24/66)
SAPS II PRM as a percentage, mean ± SD
42 ± 33
58 ± 30a
42 ± 33
45 ± 36
Median (25th/75th percentile)
35 (12/74)
64 (33/85)a
14 (5/52)
53 (6/78)
Simplified TISS-28 day 1, mean ± SD
34 ± 11
36 ± 10
31 ± 8
37 ± 3
Median (25th/75th percentile)
34 (28/40)
36 (28/43)
32 (26/37)
37 (34/40)
TMS, mean ± SD
9.6 ± 5.2
11.8 ± 4.5a
6.3 ± 5.0
7.7 ± 5.3
Median (25th/75th percentile)
11 (5/13)
13 (10/15)a
5 (2/11)
9 (1/10)

Hospital non-survivors were more severely ill (SAPS II; P < 0.05) and exhibited significantly more organ dysfunctions (TMS; P < 0.05) compared with the patients completing the follow-up of 5 years. Age is given as of the day of ICU admission. aSignificant difference between all patients and those who survived the hospital stay (P < 0.05). GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; ICU, intensive care unit; NA, not applicable; PRM, predicted risk of mortality; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; SD, standard deviation; TISS-28, Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System; TMS, total maximum Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.

Graf et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R92   doi:10.1186/cc6963