Paediatric anaesthesia & critical care
Pediatric In‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Sweden: A Tertiary Care Cohort With High Survival
Authors' conclusion
Pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest occurring in highly monitored tertiary care environments has a very high rate of return of spontaneous circulation as well as survival.
Study context
- Population
- Pediatric IHCA events with initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sweden, 2018–2025
- Participants
- 125 IHCA events
- Outcome
- Characteristics and outcomes (survival) of pediatric IHCA
Methodological detailssingle-centre, tertiary pediatric referral hospital, registry-based
- Single-centre
- Tertiary pediatric referral hospital
- Registry-based
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
ROSC and survival
ROSC achieved
90%
Survival at 30 days
82%
Survival at 1 year
68%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Patient and arrest characteristics
- Infants (< 1 year)
- 65.6%
- Congenital heart disease
- 57%
- Arrest in ICU
- 56.8%
- Arrest on hospital wards
- 21.6%
- Arrest in operating room
- 16.0%
- CPR initiated within first minute
- 81.3%
Original publication
Pediatric In‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Sweden: A Tertiary Care Cohort With High Survival. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 12 July 2026. doi:10.
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