Time to Epinephrine and Survival After Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Delay in administration of the first epinephrine dose is associated with decreased survival among adults after in-hospital, nonshockable cardiac arrest. Whether this association is true in the pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest population remains unknown.

Objective

To determine whether time to first epinephrine dose is associated with outcomes in pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Design, setting and participants

We performed an analysis of data from the Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation registry. We included US pediatric patients (age <18 years) with an in-hospital cardiac arrest and an initial nonshockable rhythm who received at least 1 dose of epinephrine. A total of 1558 patients (median age, 9 months [interquartile range [IQR], 13 days-5 years

SUBMITTER: Andersen LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6191294 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature