Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in children

May 21st, 2009  |  Published in Clinical Matters

Paediatric cardiac arrest has traditionally been considered a futile medical condition with dismal outcomes.

Data in the 21st century indicate that more than 25% of children treated for in-hospital cardiac arrests survive to hospital discharge and more than 10% of children older than 1 year treated for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests survive to hospital discharge

Read full article: Current Opinion in Critical Care.

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