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Pediatric survivors of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation: Etiologies and outcomes.

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BACKGROUND:In general, the prognosis is poor for pediatric patients who experience out-of-hospital (OOH) cardiac arrest, with survival rates of 12% to 29%. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to describe the causes and outcomes of pediatric patients with documented ventricular fibrillation (VF) at resuscitation from OOH cardiac arrest with sustained return of spontaneous circulation after defibrillation and survival to hospital admission. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of OOH-VF patients <19 years of age evaluated between 2004 and 2016 was performed. Primary outcome measures included demographics, arrest and resuscitation parameters, cardiac diagnoses, survival, and neurologic outcome. RESULTS:Forty-five patients fulfilled study criteria (median age 12 years; range 2 months to 18 years). Cardiac arrest occurred in public in 68% of cases, with bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in 42% before arrival of emergency medical services. All patients underwent defibrillation (1-6 shocks) with return of spontaneous circulation and survival to hospital admission. Underlying etiologies were primary electrical disease (33%), cardiomyopathy (27%), congenital heart disease (11%), other (13%), and unknown (16%). Before arrest, 40% of patients had a cardiac diagnosis and 26% had symptoms. Ultimately, 40 of 45 patients (89%) survived resuscitation to hospital discharge. During 72 ± 37 months of follow-up, 38% of survivors had a normal neurologic outcome, whereas 32% had mild neurologic impairment and 30% had moderate-to-severe neurologic impairment. CONCLUSION:In pediatric patients resuscitated from OOH-VF, a cardiovascular cause was identified in >80%. Regardless of cause, survival and neurologic prognosis appear improved compared to patients with asystole or pulseless electrical activity. These findings support early rhythm assessment and advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocols in pediatric cardiac arrest victims.

journal_name

Heart Rhythm

journal_title

Heart rhythm

authors

Silka MJ,Kobayashi RL,Hill AC,Bar-Cohen Y

doi

10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.08.014

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-01-01 00:00:00

pages

116-121

issue

eissn

1547-5271

issn

1556-3871

pii

S1547-5271(17)30997-9

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Pediatric survivors of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation: Etiologies and outcomes.