COVID-19 and pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using U.S. registry database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) increased in the adult population during the COVID pandemic.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}.

Objectives

We aimed to determine if OHCAs increased in the pediatric population during the COVID pandemic and whether the pandemic exacerbated pre-existing racial and socio-economic disparities.^{13,17,18,19,20}.

Methods

Utilizing data from 2015 to 2020 from the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) database, 13,513 pediatric OHCAs were analyzed. Age categories included infants (0-<1 year), children (1-12 years) and adolescents (13-18 years). This included information on patient demographics, use of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) or AED (automatic external defibrillator), outcomes, COVID prevalence, and so

SUBMITTER: Schmitt C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11803234 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature