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Table 2 Demographics of 101 patients who sustained cardiac arrest in the toilet

From: Cardiac arrest in the toilet: clinical characteristics and resuscitation profiles

Demographic/clinical variables

Data

Age (years)

26–96 (mean 75.1 ± 13.9)

Male:female

59:42

History of cardiac diseases

39 (39 %)

History of diabetes mellitus

21 (21 %)

Initial rhythm

VF 8, non-shockable 93

Witnesses of collapse

10 (10 %)

ROSC

41 (41 %)

Long-term survival

1 (1 %)

  1. Data are presented as the number of patients, with the percentage in parenthesis unless indicated otherwise