Research Article
A Retrospective Study: Quick Scoring of Symptoms to Estimate the Risk of Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department
Table 4
The interval from prodromal symptoms to CA.
| Prodromal symptoms | Time from symptoms to cardiac arrest | N of CA | Discharge survival | 14 days to 24 hours | 2 hours to 24 hours | ≤2 hours |
| Dyspnea | 14 | 14 | 6 | 48 (32%) | 9 (18.8%) | Chest pain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 (3.33%) | 0 (0%) | Abdominal pain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2.67%) | 0 (0%) | Backache | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 (2.67%) | 2 (50%) | Syncope | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 (3.33%) | 3 (60%) | Cold sweat | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 (8.67%) | 0 (0%) | Palpitation | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 (2.67%) | 1 (25%) | Others | | | | 32 (21.33%) | 13 (40.6%) | Nonsymptoms | | | | 34 (22.67%) | 6 (17.6%) |
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