[Identifying children at risk for cardiorespiratory arrest].
Cardiorespiratory arrest in children with severe disease does not usually present suddenly or unexpectedly but is often the result of a progressive deterioration of respiratory and/or circulatory function. Before failure of these functions occurs, there is a series of clinical signs that serve as a warning. Health professionals should not only evaluate clinical signs of respiratory and/or circulatory insufficiency but should also be able to identify these warning signs as early as possible, preferably in the compensation phase, given that the possibility that this process can be reversed by therapeutic measures decreases as the process progresses.
Carrillo Alvarez
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Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. angelcarrillo@eresmas.com
Martínez Gutiérrez
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Salvat Germán
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000592:standards*; D018570:Risk Assessment