Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality and outcomes after extracorporeal life support for pediatric In-Hospital cardiac arrest
Authors' conclusion
In this multicenter retrospective cohort study of pediatric patients who received ECPR for IHCA we found a high rate of survival to ICU discharge with good neurologic outcome.
Study context
- Population
- Pediatric patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest receiving extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), pediRES-Q database, July 2015–June 2021120 with ICU outcome
- Participants
- 124 patients
- Outcome
- Survival to ICU discharge
Methodological detailsmulticentre
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Survival to ICU discharge
61 of 120
51%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Favorable neurologic outcome among ICU-discharge survivors
- Favorable neurologic outcome among survivors to ICU discharge
- 36/61 (59%)
Predictors of survival after ECPR
- No demographic or clinical variables were associated with survival after ECPR
Original publication
CPR quality and outcomes after extracorporeal life support for pediatric In-Hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. Published 14 June 2023. doi:10.
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