PEDIATRIC ARREST

In-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest.

The understanding of the incidence, epidemiology, etiology, and pathophysiology of pediatric cardiac arrest has evolved greatly in the past two decades. This includes recognition that cardiopulmonary resuscitation delays in cardiac arrest are especially injurious, ventricular arrhythmias are not as uncommon in children as previously believed, and four distinct phases of cardiac arrest can be de...

Vasopressin in pediatric shock and cardiac arrest.

OBJECTIVE To review the physiology and the published literature on the role of vasopressin in shock in children. DATA SOURCE We searched MEDLINE (1966-2007), EMBASE (1980-2007), and the Cochrane Library, using the terms vasopressin, terlipressin, and shock and synonyms or related terms for relevant studies in pediatrics. We searched the online ISRCTN-Current Controlled Trials registry for ong...

[Cardiac arrest in the pediatric population].

A case of cardiac arrest in a ten year old child that was successfully resuscitated is here presented. The etiological investigation showed an Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). An Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) was placed for secondary profilaxy of Sudden Death (SD). Sudden Death in paediatric age is a rare accident with bad prognosis (survival with no sequel inferior to 5%) and ...

Therapeutic hypothermia: applications in pediatric cardiac arrest.

There is a rich history for the use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in neonatology and pediatrics. Laboratory reports date back to 1824 in experimental perinatal asphyxia. Similarly, clinical reports in pediatric cold water drowning victims represented key initiating work in the field. The application of therapeutic hypothermia in pediatric drowning victims represented some of t...

Pediatric Peri-Operative Cardiac Arrest (POCA) Registry.