Early postresuscitation hypotension is associated with increased mortality following pediatric cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the association of systolic hypotension during the first 6 hours after successful resuscitation from pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest with in-hospital mortality.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Fifteen children's hospitals associated with the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network.

Patients

Patients between 1 day and 18 years old who had a cardiopulmonary arrest, received chest compressions more than 1 minute, had a return of spontaneous circulation more than 20 minutes, and had a systolic blood pressure documented within 6 hours of arrest.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Three hundred eighty-three patients had complete data for analysis. Patients with a documented minimum systolic bloo

SUBMITTER: Topjian AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4085105 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature