Fig. 2

Proportion of patients on immunosuppressive therapy, developing infections, non-survivors and with favourable neurological outcome (FO) according to the different groups of lymphocyte levels over the first 48 h after arrest: “group 1” included patients with persistent lymphopaenia throughout the 48 h; “group 2” included patients with lymphopaenia on admission but with normal lymphocyte counts at 48 h; “group 3” included those who had normal lymphocyte counts throughout the 48-h study period; and “group 4” those with normal lymphocyte counts on admission but who had developed lymphopaenia by 48 h