Cardiac arrest in children

The Aassociation between Pre-Cardiac Arrest Comorbidity and Unsuccessful Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients with Cardiac Arrest

Background and Objective: Patients suffering from cardiac arrest (CA) have poor prognosis and survival. The association of pre-arrest comorbidity with unsuccessful resuscitation in patients with CA is far from clear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between pre-existing comorbidity and unsuccessful resuscitation following CA in Iranian patients. Materials and Met...

Anesthesia-related cardiac arrest in children.

To the Editor:—Morray et al. are to be congratulated in trying to sort out some of the issues regarding intraoperative cardiac arrest in children. However, I am concerned with the conclusions regarding cardiac arrests related to anesthetic agents. The authors freely admit that they do not know the numerator or denominator and therefore cannot say that sevoflurane is safer than halothane, but th...

Brain injury from cardiac arrest in children.

This article reviews the important differences between children and adults suffering brain injury following cardiac arrest. The differences in etiology, pathophysiology, neuronal vulnerability, and repair in the context of the developing brain are reviewed. The available clinical data are reviewed, and selected treatment priori-ties are declared. The article includes a discussion of knowledge g...

Application of ultrasound in pulseless electrical activity (PEA) cardiac arrest

Anesthesia-related cardiac arrest in children: update from the Pediatric Perioperative Cardiac Arrest Registry.

BACKGROUND The initial findings from the Pediatric Perioperative Cardiac Arrest (POCA) Registry (1994-1997) revealed that medication-related causes, often cardiovascular depression from halothane, were the most common. Changes in pediatric anesthesia practice may have altered the causes of cardiac arrest in anesthetized children. METHODS Nearly 80 North American institutions that provide anes...