Association of diastolic blood pressure with survival during paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To examine the relationship between survival and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) throughout resuscitation from paediatric asphyxial cardiac arrest.

Methods

Retrospective, secondary analysis of 200 swine resuscitations. Swine underwent asphyxial cardiac arrest and were resuscitated with predefined periods of basic and advanced life support (BLS and ALS, respectively). DBP was recorded every 30 s. Survival was defined as 20-min sustained return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).

Results

During BLS, DBP peaked between 1-3 min and was greater in survivors (20.0 [11.3, 33.3] mmHg) than in non-survivors (5.0 [1.0, 10.0] mmHg; p < 0.001). After this transient increase, the DBP in survivors progressively decreased but remained greater than that of non-survivors after 10 mi

SUBMITTER: O'Brien CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6769417 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature