Pediatric cardiac resuscitation team: a 6 year study.
A cardiopulmonary resuscitation team based in the pediatric intensive care unit responded to 239 cardiac arrests over a 6 year period. Patients with respiratory problems and infectious diseases requiring isolation composed the largest groups in whom unexpected arrests occurred. There was a 78 per cent rate of initial response to therapy and a 47 per cent survival rate. This is almost twice the survival rate of the best previously reported study and five times the average.
Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, State University-Kings County Hospital Center, USA.
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D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010372:Pediatrics; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications; D015996:Survival Rate