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Table 3 Recording of pre-arrest vital signs

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 (%)

Mean arterial pressure

 

Normal

49 (37.1 %)

Abnormal

83 (82.9 %)

Pulse rate

 

Normal

39 (33.3 %)

Abnormal

78 (66.7 %)

Temperature

 

Normal

5 (20.8 %)

Abnormal

19 (79.2 %)

Random blood sugar

 

Normal

5 (15.6 %)

Abnormal

27 (84.4 %)

SPO2

 

Normal

19 (25.3 %)

Abnormal

56 (74.7 %)

Glasgow Coma Scale – motor

 

1–3

66 (50.0 %)

4–5

37 (28.0 %)

6

29 (22.0 %)

  1. Note: All respiratory rates were normal; however, this was only in 53 participants