Stephan Katzenschlager, Inga K Kelpanides, Patrick Ristau, Matthias Huck, Stephan Seewald, Sebastian Brenner, Florian Hoffmann, Jan Wnent, Jo Kramer-Johansen, Ingvild B M Tjelmeland, Markus A Weigand, Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Erik Popp
AIM: This work provides an epidemiological overview of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in children in Germany between 2007 and 2021. We wanted to identify modifiable factors associated with survival. METHODS: Data from the German Resuscitation Registry (GRR) were used, and we included patients registered between 1st January 2007 and 31st December 2021. We included children aged between > 7 days and 17 years, where cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was started, and treatment was continued by emergency medical services (EMS)...
September 7, 2023: Critical Care: the Official Journal of the Critical Care Forum