Part 12: Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Over the past 13 years, survival to discharge from pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) has markedly improved. Conversely, survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not improved as dramatically over the past 5 years. The American Heart Association (AHA) Emergency Cardiovascular Care (E...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2015-11, Vol.136, p.1
Main Authors: de Caen, Allan R, Berg, Marc D, Chameides, Leon, Gooden, Cheryl K, Hickey, Robert W, Scott, Halden F, Sutton, Robert M, Tijssen, Janice A, Topjian, Alexis, van der Jagt, Élise W, Schexnayder, Stephen M, Samson, Ricardo A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cardiovascular disease
CPR
Discharge
Life support systems
Pediatrics
Peer review
Survival analysis
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Summary:Over the past 13 years, survival to discharge from pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) has markedly improved. Conversely, survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not improved as dramatically over the past 5 years. The American Heart Association (AHA) Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Committee uses a rigorous process to review and analyze the peer-reviewed published scientific evidence supporting the AHA Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and ECC, including this update.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275