Cardiac Arrest Outcomes in Children With Preexisting Neurobehavioral Impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe survival and 3-month and 12-month neurobehavioral outcomes in children with preexisting neurobehavioral impairment enrolled in one of two parallel randomized clinical trials of targeted temperature management.

Design

Secondary analysis of Therapeutic Hypothermia after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest In-Hospital and Out-of-Hospital trials data.

Setting

Forty-one PICUs in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom.

Patients

Eighty-four participants (59 in-hospital cardiac arrest and 25 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest), 49 males, 35 females, mean age 4.6 years (SD, 5.36 yr), with precardiac arrest neurobehavioral impairment (Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Second Edition composite score < 70). All required chest compressions for greater than o

SUBMITTER: Christensen JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6548585 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature