Table 5

Final diagnosis in the chronic condition group

DiagnosisTotal patients (n)Recovery from CPA (n)
Extrinsic cause10
 Drowning44
 Asphyxia33
 Multiple trauma22
 Traumatic brain injury11
Intrinsic cause83
 Cardiovascular disease
 Congenital cardiac anomaly146
 Cardiac myopathy63
 Pulmonary hypertension21
 Myocarditis10
 Infection
  Sepsis135
 Neuromuscular disease
  Encephalitis/Encephalopathy86
  Neurological disorder21
 Respiratory disease
  Pneumonitis71
  Pulmonary disease32
  Bronchus obstruction22
 Gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary-pancreatic disease
  Gastrointestinal disease33
  Hepatic failure10
 Haematological/Oncological
  Oncological disease21
 Metabolic/Endocrinological disease
  Metabolic disorder20
 Unknown CPA1717
  • CPA, cardiopulmonary arrest.