Table 1 Characteristics and outcome of children who needed defibrillation
From: Pediatric defibrillation after cardiac arrest: initial response and outcome
Number of patients (%) | Return of spontaneous circulation (n) | P value | Initial survival | Final survival | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | P value | n | P value | ||||
Age | 0.027 | 0.149 | 0.390 | ||||
<1 month | 2 (4.5%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1–12 months | 9 (20.4%) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
1–8 years | 13 (29.5%) | 10 | 5 | 0 | |||
>8 years | 20 (45.4%) | 15 | 12 | 3 | |||
Gender | 1 | 0.753 | 0.290 | ||||
Female | 16 (36.3%) | 18 | 6 | 0 | |||
Male | 28 (63.6%) | 10 | 13 | 3 | |||
Site of arrest | 0.827 | 1 | 0.693 | ||||
Home | 6 (13.6%) | 5 | 3 | 0 | |||
Public place | 13 (29.5%) | 7 | 5 | 1 | |||
Emergency Department | 3 (6.8%) | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
Pediatric intensive care unit | 18 (40.9%) | 11 | 8 | 1 | |||
Other hospital areas | 4 (9%) | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
Inhospital versus out-of hospital | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Inhospital | 22 (50%) | 14 | 10 | 2 | |||
Out-of-hospital | 22 (50%) | 14 | 9 | 1 | |||
Diagnosis | 0.256 | 0.484 | .06 | ||||
Heart disease or arrhythmia | 18 (40.9%) | 13 | 9 | 2 | |||
Respiratory disease | 1 (2.2%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Neurological disease | 8 (18.1%) | 5 | 3 | 0 | |||
Infectious disease | 3 (6.8%) | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
Drowning | 4 (9%) | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
Sudden infant death syndrome | 4 (9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Traumaa | 1 (2.2%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Other | 2 (4.5%) | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Unknown | 3 (6.8%) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||