Epidemiology and Outcomes From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children
Atkins (United States) · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · +3 more institutions
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Population-based data for pediatric cardiac arrest are scant and largely from urban areas. The Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Epistry-Cardiac Arrest is a population-based emergency medical services registry of out-of-hospital nontraumatic cardiac arrest (OHCA). This study examined age-stratified incidence and outcomes of pediatric OHCA. We hypothesized that survival to hospital discharge is less frequent from pediatric OHCA than adult OHCA. METHODS AND RESULTS: This prospective population-based cohort study in 11 US and Canadian ROC sites included persons
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 44.74
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 25
Authors
7- DLDianne L. AtkinsCorresponding
Atkins (United States), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Ottawa, University of Washington, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
- SESiobhan Everson‐Stewart
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Ottawa, University of Washington, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
- GKGena K. Sears
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Ottawa, University of Washington, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
- MDMohamud Daya
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Ottawa, University of Washington, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
- MHMartin H. Osmond
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Ottawa, University of Washington, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Population
- Confidence interval
- Odds ratio
- Pediatrics
- Epidemiology
- Incidence (geometry)
- Good health and well-being