Table 1 Patient characteristics, place of arrest, cardiac arrest duration, outcome and cause of death.
From: Acute-phase reactants after paediatric cardiac arrest. Procalcitonin as marker of immediate outcome
Case | Age (months) | Diagnosis | Place of arrest | Estimated time to initiation of CPR (minutes) | Time of CRA (minutes) | Outcome (hospital discharge) | Cause of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 162 | Drowning | Out-hospital | 15 | 35 | Death | Brain death |
2 | 42 | Drowning | Out-hospital | 20 | 31 | Death | Withdrawal of care |
3 | 5 | Sudden death | Out-hospital | 10 | 30 | Death | Brain death |
4 | 151 | Drowning | Out-hospital | 15 | 50 | Death | Brain death |
5 | 178 | Ventricular arrytmia | Out-hospital | 1 | 7 | Normal neurological function | Alive |
6 | 8 | Obstructive hydrocefalia | In-hospital | 0 | 3 | Normal neurological function | Alive |
7 | 6 | Bronchiolitis | In-hospital | 0 | 4 | Normal neurological function | Alive |
8 | 2 | Bronchiolitis | In-hospital | 0 | 3 | Normal neurological function | Alive |
9 | 21 | Drowning | Out-hospital | 10 | 11 | Neurological damage | Alive |
10 | 21 | Pneumonia | In-hospital | 0 | 1 | Normal neurological function | Alive |
11 | 4 | Heat stroke Hyperkaliemia | In-hospital | 0 | 8 | Normal neurological function | Alive |