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Table 3 Independent predictors of brain death

From: Risk factors for progression toward brain death after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

 

Odds ratio

95% CI

p

Age, per year

0.95

0.92–0.98

< 0.001

Female gender

2.34

1.02–5.35

0.043

Neurological cause of cardiac arrest

14.72

3.03–71.37

< 0.001

Duration of the low-flow period > 16 min

2.94

1.21–7.16

0.017

Vasoactive drugs at Day 1

6.20

2.41–15.93

< 0.001

  1. CI confidence intervals, ROSC return of spontaneous circulation