Analysis of death in children not submitted to cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Describe the epidemiology of deaths in children not submitted to CPR, compare to a CPR group and evaluate patients' medical records of those not submitted to CPR.

Methods

Observational cross-sectional study assessing deaths between 2015 and 2018 in a pediatric tertiary hospital, divided into two groups: CPR and no- CPR. The source of data included the cardiorespiratory arrest register, based on Utstein style. Children's medical records in no-CPR group were researched by hand.

Results

241 deaths were included, 162 in CPR group and 79 in the no-CPR group. Preexisting diseases were observed in 98.3% of patients and prior advanced intervention in 78%. Of the 241 deaths, 212 (88%) occurred in the PICU, being 138/162 (85.2%) in CPR group and 74/79 (93.7%) in no-CP

SUBMITTER: Leite MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9510803 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature