Epidemiological survey of cardiorespiratory arrest and preliminary evaluation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pediatric emergency room / 中华急诊医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the incidence,etiology and risk factors of cardiorespiratory arrest (CRA) in pediatric emergency room and preliminarily evaluate the efficacy of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).Methods The unified,standard in-hospital Utstein style was used for data collection with filling answers in the questionnaire.The survey items included the causes of cardiorespiratory arrest and the factors influencing the efficacy of CPR.The restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) was used to evaluate short-term efficacy of CPR.Results Totally 182 380 patients aged from 28 days to 18 years were admitted to emergency room of Beijing Children' s Hospital between July 1,2008 and February 28,2010.Of them,237 patients (0.13％) were subjected to cardiorespiratory arrest,of which 169 patients received CPR and 88 patients (52.1％) got sustained ROSC.Neither sex nor age distribution affected ROSC.The primary cause of CRA and kind of initial abnormal rhythm of heartbeat leading to CRA were associated with the rate of ROSC.The rates of ROSC occurred in patients with or without pre-hospital transport were 64.1％ and 44.8％,respectively.The rate of ROSC was closely related to time consumed for getting ROSC by CPR,and as CPR durations were ≤ 10 min,10 to 30 min,and ＞ 30 min,the rates of ROSC were 67.5％,61.4％ and 30.5％,respectively.Multiple stepwise logistic regression analysis showed that kind of initial abnormal rhythm and CPR duration were associated with the rate of ROSC.Conclusions The incidence of CRA in emergency was 0.13％,and the rate of ROSC after CPR was 52.1％.The kind of initial abnormal rhythm of heartbeat and CPR duration were independent factors associated with the rate of ROSC.