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Table 4 The joint effect of advanced airway and adrenaline on risk of ROCS, survival to admission, and survival to hospital discharge

From: Effects of prehospital management in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: advanced airway and adrenaline administration

Outcome

Group

Crude OR (95%CI)

P

Adjusted OR (95%CI)

P

ROSC

Neither adrenaline nor AAM

reference

 

reference

 

AAM and no adrenaline

1.26 (0.64–2.45)

0.504

1.36 (0.68–2.72)

0.392

Adrenaline and no AAM

0.97 (0.52–1.81)

0.920

1.04 (0.54–1.99)

0.917

Both adrenaline and AAM

1.95 (1.16–3.28)

0.011

2.14 (1.20–3.81)

0.010

Survival to admission

Neither adrenaline nor AAM

reference

 

reference

 

AAM and no adrenaline

1.21 (0.58–2.48)

0.621

1.31 (0.62–2.77)

0.476

Adrenaline and no AAM

0.95 (0.49–1.88)

0.894

1.06 (0.53–2.13)

0.865

Both adrenaline and AAM

1.89 (1.08–3.30)

0.026

2.15 (1.16–3.97)

0.015

Survival to hospital discharge

Neither adrenaline nor AAM

reference

 

reference

 

AAM and no adrenaline

0.21 (0.03–1.61)

0.135

0.19 (0.02–1.58)

0.124

Adrenaline and no AAM

NA

0.994

NA

0.994

Both adrenaline and AAM

1.22 (0.52–2.83)

0.647

1.33 (0.52–3.40)

0.552

  1. Adjust gender, age,total rescue time, defibrillation, origin of cardiac arrest, initial ECG, bystander CPR, witness