From: Neurological outcomes in children dead on hospital arrival
Characteristic | Survival | Death | P value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 508) | (n = 6,824) | ||||
Year | |||||
2008 | 124 | (24.4) | 1,681 | (24.6) | |
2009 | 83 | (16.3) | 1,283 | (18.8) | |
2010 | 92 | (18.1) | 1,317 | (19.3) | 0.31 |
2011 | 99 | (19.5) | 1,291 | (18.9) | |
2012 | 110 | (21.7) | 1,252 | (18.4) | |
Age, years, median (IQR 1–3) | 1.0 | (0–9) | 1.0 | (0–11) | 0.65 |
<1 | 200 | (39.4) | 2,963 | (43.4) | |
1–11 | 206 | (40.5) | 2,187 | (32.1) | <0.001 |
12–18 | 102 | (20.1) | 1,674 | (24.5) | |
Boys | 287 | (56.5) | 4,170 | (61.1) | 0.04 |
Bystander-witnessed arrest | 212 | (41.7) | 1,670 | (24.5) | <0.001 |
Bystander CPR | 313 | (61.6) | 3,690 | (54.1) | <0.01 |
Presumed cardiac cause | 149 | (29.3) | 2,278 | (33.4) | 0.06 |
Initial cardiac rhythm | |||||
Ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia | 57 | (11.2) | 212 | (3.1) | <0.001 |
Pulseless electrical activity | 147 | (28.9) | 844 | (12.4) | |
Asystole | 304 | (59.8) | 5,768 | (84.5) | |
Prehospital actual shock delivery | 53 | (10.4) | 286 | (4.2) | <0.001 |
Call-to-response time, minutes, median (IQR 1–3), n = 7,321 (99.8 %) | 6.0 | (5–8) | 7.0 | (5–9) | <0.01 |
≤5 | 168 | (33.1) | 1,977 | (28.9) | 0.01 |
6–10 | 290 | (57.1) | 3,915 | (57.4) | |
≥11 | 48 | (9.5) | 923 | (13.5) | |
Call-to-hospital-arrival time, minutes, median (IQR 1–3), n = 7,291 (99.4 %) | 24.0 | (19–31) | 27.0 | (21–35) | <0.001 |
≤20 | 154 | (30.3) | 1,460 | (21.4) | <0.001 |
21–30 | 218 | (42.9) | 2,852 | (41.8) | |
31–40 | 89 | (17.5) | 1,526 | (22.4) | |
≥41 | 40 | (7.9) | 952 | (14.0) |