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Table 2 OHCAa outcomes according to the call to amiodarone time

From: Impact of early intravenous amiodarone administration on neurological outcome in refractory ventricular fibrillation: retrospective analysis of prospectively collected prehospital data

Outcomes

Total

(n = 134)

Call-to-amiodarone administration interval

Call-to-amiodarone administration interval

p-value

≤20 min

(n = 49)

> 20 min

(n = 85)

Prehospital any ROSCb, n (%)

48 (35.8)

23 (46.9)

25 (29.4)

0.042

Survival at hospital arrival

26 (19.4)

15 (30.6)

11 (12.9)

0.013

Any ROSCb, n (%)

55 (41.0)

26 (53.1)

29 (34.1)

0.025

Survival admission, n (%)

37 (27.6)

22 (44.9)

15 (17.6)

0.001

Survival to discharge, n (%)

24 (17.9)

14 (28.6)

10 (11.8)

0.019

Good CPCc at hospital discharge, n (%)

15 (11.2)

11 (22.4)

4 (4.7)

0.004

  1. aOHCA Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bROSC Return of spontaneous circulation, cCPC Cerebral performance category