Outcome of in-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation in De La Salle University Medical Center

Publication Date

2015

Document Type

Research

Abstract

This study is to determine the survival rate among pediatric in-patients who underwent CPR and the factors associated with the outcome of resuscitation. Retrospective, cross-sectional and analytical study is used. Participants of the study were pediatric patients from 1 month old to 18 years of age; who experienced 1st time in-patients cardiac arrest in the hospital between January 2010 and December 2014. The study concluded that only 25.88% patients who underwent CPR sustained ROSC >20 minutes. Furthermore, no patient was able to sustain ROSC>24 hours. Significant factors associated with the outcome of resuscitation were age, time of call, CPR duration and clinical diagnosis.

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