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.
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Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, State University-Kings County Hospital Center, USA.
Emmett
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Rodriguez-Torres
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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