Goto et al identified factors predictive of long-term outcome for a child who has experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The authors are from Kanazawa University Hospital and Yawate Medical Center in Japan.
Patient selection: child with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Outcome: cerebral performance category (CPC) and survival
Parameters:
(1) prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)
(2) initial shockable rhythm
(3) witnessed arrest
Prehospital ROSC |
Shockable Rhythm |
Witnessed Arrest |
Long-Term Outcome |
Y |
Y |
NA |
good |
Y |
N |
NA |
fair |
N |
NA |
Y |
poor |
N |
NA |
N |
very poor |
Long-Term Outcome |
CPC 1 or 2 |
CPC 3 to 5 |
Death |
good |
64% |
36% |
16% |
fair |
35% |
65% |
36% |
poor |
3.3% |
96.7% |
90% |
very poor |
0.7% |
99.3% |
94% |
Specialty: Cardiology
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