Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pediatric and Cardiac Intensive Care Units

Pediatr Clin North Am. 2017 Oct;64(5):961-972. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2017.06.001. Epub 2017 Aug 18.

Abstract

Approximately 5000 to 10,000 children suffer an in-hospital cardiac arrest requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) each year in the United States. Importantly, 2% to 6% of all children admitted to pediatric intensive care units (ICUs) receive CPR, as do 4% to 6% of children admitted to pediatric cardiac ICUs. Survival from pediatric ICU cardiac arrest has improved substantially during the past 20 years presumably due to improved training methods, CPR quality, and post-resuscitation care. Extracorporeal life support CPR remains an important treatment option for both cardiac and noncardiac ICU patients.

Keywords: Blood pressure; Carbon dioxide; Cardiac arrest; Intensive care; Pediatric; Survival.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods*
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / standards
  • Critical Care / methods*
  • Critical Care / standards
  • Heart Arrest / diagnosis
  • Heart Arrest / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units, Pediatric*
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / standards
  • Point-of-Care Systems
  • Quality of Health Care