Impact of the life-sustaining treatment decision act on organ donation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in South Korea: a multi-centre retrospective study

Table 2 Comparison of Study Population according to Organ Donation

	Total		Organ donation		No organ donation		p-value
	N = 751	%	N = 47	%	N = 704	%	p-value
Female Sex	227	30.2	24	51.1	253	35.9	0.037
Age group
16–39	82	10.9	16	34	66	9.4	< 0.001
40–64	330	43.9	22	46.8	308	43.8
≥ 65	339	45.1	9	19.1	330	46.9
Age, Median (IQR), yr.	62	(51–72)	47	(34–61)	63	(52–73)	< 0.001
Arrest cause							< 0.001
Medical aetiology	589	78.4	16	34	573	81.4
Trauma	50	6.7	9	19.2	41	5.8
Hanging	100	13.3	22	46.8	78	11.1
other	12	1.6	0	0	12	1.7
Insurance							0.483
National health insurance	591	78.7	39	83	552	78.4
Medical Aid	89	11.9	3	6.4	86	12.2
other	71	9.5	5	10.6	66	9.4
Comorbidity
Hypertension	278	37	5	10.6	273	38.8	< 0.001
Diabetes mellitus	195	26	0	0	195	27.7	< 0.001
Heart disease	85	11.3	1	2.1	84	11.9	0.04
Cerebrovascular accidents	49	6.5	1	2.1	48	6.8	0.355
After LSTDA	531	70.7	17	36.2	514	73	< 0.001
Public Place	164	21.8	11	23.4	153	21.7	0.788
Witnessed arrest	471	62.7	19	40.4	452	64.2	0.001
Bystander CPR	339	45.1	23	48.9	316	44.9	0.589
Initial shockable rhythm	136	18.1	2	4.3	134	19	0.011
Hospital treatment
TTM	190	25.3	18	38.3	172	24.4	0.034
ECMO	57	7.6	1	2.1	56	9	0.248
Length of Hospital stay, day							0.807
0–7	460	68.3	28	59.6	432	68.7
8–30	291	31.7	19	40.4	272	31.3
Length of Hospital stay, Median (IQR), day	4.3	(1.62–11.34)	5.84	(2.54–9.68)	4.15	(1.57–11.77)	0.468

IQR: interquartile range, LSTDA: Life-Sustaining Treatment Decision Act, CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, TTM: target temperature management, ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

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