A Prospective, Population-Based Study of the Demographics, Epidemiology, Management, and Outcome of Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest
| Autor: | Mark A Ward, Joan E. Shook, Mitchell J. Goldman, Denise M Mann, Kay T Kimball, Paul E. Sirbaugh, Paul E. Pepe |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Emergency Medical Services medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent Databases Factual medicine.medical_treatment Population Psychological intervention Age Distribution Epidemiology Emergency medical services Humans Medicine Prospective Studies Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Child Prospective cohort study education education.field_of_study business.industry Advanced cardiac life support Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Heart Arrest El Niño Child Preschool Emergency Medicine Female business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Emergency Medicine. 33:174-184 |
| ISSN: | 0196-0644 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0196-0644(99)70391-4 |
| Popis: | To perform a population-based study addressing the demography, epidemiology, management, and outcome of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest (PCPA).Prospective, population-based study of all children (17 years of age or younger) in a large urban municipality who were treated by EMS personnel for apneic, pulseless conditions. Data were collected prospectively for 3(1/2) years using a comprehensive data collection tool and on-line computerized database. Each child received standard pediatric advanced cardiac life support.During the 3(1/2)-year period, 300 children presented with PCPA (annual incidence of 19. 7/100,000 at risk). Of these, 60% (n=181) were male (P =.0003), and 54% (n=161) were patients 12 months of age or younger (152,500 at risk). Compared with the population at risk (32% black patients, 36% Hispanic patients, 26% white patients), a disproportionate number of arrests occurred in black children (51.6% versus 26.6% in Hispanics, and 17% in white children; P.0001). Over 60% of all cases (n=181) occurred in the home with family members present, and yet those family members initiated basic CPR in only 31 (17%) of such cases. Only 33 (11%) of the total 300 PCPA cases had a return of spontaneous circulation, and 5 of the 6 discharged survivors had significant neurologic sequelae. Only 1 factor, endotracheal intubation, was correlated positively with return of spontaneous circulation (P =.032).This population-based study underscores the need to investigate new therapeutic interventions for PCPA, as well as innovative strategies for improving the frequency of basic CPR for children. |
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