What is the first documented rhythm and clinical outcome from in-hospital cardiac arrest among children and adults?
In-hospital cardiac arrest typically presents with asystole or PEA, and children have better survival outcomes than adults from these rhythms.
In this multicenter registry of in-hospital cardiac arrest, the first documented pulseless arrest rhythm was typically asystole or PEA in both children and adults. Because of better survival after asystole and PEA, children had better outcomes than adults despite fewer cardiac arrests due to VF or pulseless VT.
Vinay Nadkarni (Tue,) studied this question.