Cardiopulmonary resuscitation employing only abdominal compressions in infants after cardiac surgery: A secondary sub-analysis of the ICU-RESUS study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients with underlying cardiac disease form a considerable proportion of pediatric patients who experience in-hospital cardiac arrest. In pediatric patients after cardiac surgery, CPR with abdominal compressions alone (AC-CPR) may provide an alternative to standard chest compression CPR (S-CPR) with additional procedural and physiologic advantages.

Objective

Quantitatively describe hemodynamics during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and outcomes of infants who received only abdominal compressions (AC-CPR).

Design

This is a sub-group analysis of the prospective, observational cohort from the ICU-RESUS trial NCT028374497.

Setting & patients

A single site quaternary care pediatric cardiothoracic intensive care unit enrolled in the ICU-RESUS trial.

SUBMITTER: Fernandez RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11416554 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature