Pre-hospital portable monitoring of cerebral regional oxygen saturation (rSO2) in seven patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Table 1 Characteristics, outcome, and rSO₂ data of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

No.	Age (years)	Witness	Bystander CPR	Initial ECG	ROSC	rSO₂ at the start of measurement (%)	Outcome (GOS at discharge)
1	51	Yes	Yes	VF	Yes (pre-hospital)	60.1	GR
2	74	No	No	VF	Yes (after application of ECMO)	55.3	D
3	86	Yes	No	Unknown	Yes (before ELT contact)	66.1	VS
4	65	Yes	No	Asystole	Yes (in-hospital)	53.9	D
5	45	Yes	No	Asystole	No	45.3	D
6	27	No	Yes	Asystole	No	49.7	D
7	86	No	No	Asystole	No	52.9	D

rSO ₂ regional oxygen saturation, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ECG electrocardiogram, ROSC return of spontaneous circulation, GOS Glasgow outcome scale, VF ventricular fibrillation, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ELT emergency life-saving technician, GR good recovery, VS vegetative state, D death

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