Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Prevalence, outcomes and factors associated with adult in hospital cardiac arrests in a low-income country tertiary hospital: a prospective observational study

Variable

Distribution (n = 190)

 

n (%)

Age (years)

 

18–44

119 (62.6 %)

45–65

37 (19.5 %)

>65

23 (12.1 %)

Unknown

11(5.8 %)

Sex

 

Male

136 (71.6 %)

Female

54 (28.4 %)

Unit/Ward

 

ICU

20 (10.5 %)

Emergency wards

158 (83.2 %)

Theater

12 (6.3 %)

Duration of illness in days

 

≤ 7

139 (74.3 %)

> 7

48 (25.7 %)

Trauma type

 

Head injury

50 (76.9 %)

Multiple trauma

15 (23.1 %)

  1. ICU Intensive care unit