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 symptomsTime from symptoms to cardiac arrestN of CADischarge survival
14 days to 24 hours2 hours to 24 hours≤2 hours

Dyspnea1414648 (32%)9 (18.8%)
Chest pain2205 (3.33%)0 (0%)
Abdominal pain0004 (2.67%)0 (0%)
Backache0024 (2.67%)2 (50%)
Syncope3105 (3.33%)3 (60%)
Cold sweat47213 (8.67%)0 (0%)
Palpitation2024 (2.67%)1 (25%)
Others32 (21.33%)13 (40.6%)
Nonsymptoms34 (22.67%)6 (17.6%)