Poor Concordance of One-Third Anterior-Posterior Chest Diameter Measurements With Absolute Age-Specific Chest Compression Depth Targets in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Patients.

ABSTRACT: Background Current pediatric cardiac arrest guidelines recommend depressing the chest by one-third anterior-posterior diameter (APD), which is presumed to equate to absolute age-specific chest compression depth targets (4 cm for infants and 5 cm for children). However, no clinical studies during pediatric cardiac arrest have validated this presumption. We aimed to study the concordance of measured one-third APD with absolute age-specific chest compression depth targets in a cohort of pediatric patients with cardiac arrest. Methods and Results This was a retrospective observational study from a multicenter, pediatric resuscitation quality collaborative (pediRES-Q [Pediatric Resuscitation Quality Collaborative]) from October 2015 to March 2022. In-hospital patients with cardiac arrest ≤12 ye

SUBMITTER: Ong GY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10382104 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature