Post return of spontaneous circulation factors associated with mortality in pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective multicenter multinational observational study

• Published in: Critical care (London, England) Vol. 18; no. 6; p. 607
• Main Authors: López-Herce, Jesús, del Castillo, Jimena, Matamoros, Martha, Canadas, Sonia, Rodriguez-Calvo, Ana, Cecchetti, Corrado, Rodríguez-Núnez, Antonio, Carrillo, Ángel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 03.11.2014; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adolescent; Analysis; Carbon Dioxide - blood; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Health aspects; Heart Arrest - blood; Heart Arrest - mortality; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Infant; Lactic acid; Lactic Acid - blood; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Oxygen - blood; Prospective Studies; Remission, Spontaneous; Risk Factors; Portugal; Argentina; Spain

Most studies have analyzed pre-arrest and resuscitation factors associated with mortality after cardiac arrest (CA) in children, but many patients that reach return of spontaneous circulation die within the next days or weeks. The objective of our study was to analyze post-return of spontaneous circ...