Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children: an epidemiological study based on the German Resuscitation Registry identifying modifiable factors for return of spontaneous circulation

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftForschungsartikelBeigetragenBegutachtung

Beitragende

  • Stephan Katzenschlager - , Nationales Zentrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT) Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Inga K Kelpanides - , Universitätsklinikum Oslo (Autor:in)
  • Patrick Ristau - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel (Autor:in)
  • Matthias Huck - , Nationales Zentrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT) Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Stephan Seewald - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel (Autor:in)
  • Sebastian Brenner - , Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin (Autor:in)
  • Florian Hoffmann - , Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München (Autor:in)
  • Jan Wnent - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel (Autor:in)
  • Jo Kramer-Johansen - , University of Oslo (Autor:in)
  • Ingvild B M Tjelmeland - , University of Oslo (Autor:in)
  • Markus A Weigand - , Nationales Zentrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT) Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Jan-Thorsten Gräsner - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel (Autor:in)
  • Erik Popp - , Nationales Zentrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT) Heidelberg (Autor:in)

Abstract

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). Incidences and descriptive analyses are presented for the overall cohort and each age group. Multivariate binary logistic regression was performed on the whole cohort to determine the influence of (1) CPR with/without ventilation started by bystander, (2) OHCA witnessed status and (3) night-time on the outcome hospital admission with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).

RESULTS: OHCA in children aged < 1 year had the highest incidence of the same age group, with 23.42 per 100 000. Overall, hypoxia was the leading presumed cause of OHCA, whereas trauma and drowning accounted for a high proportion in children aged > 1 year. Bystander-witnessed OHCA and bystander CPR rate were highest in children aged 1-4 years, with 43.9% and 62.3%, respectively. In reference to EMS-started CPR, bystander CPR with ventilation were associated with an increased odds ratio for ROSC at hospital admission after adjusting for age, sex, year of OHCA and location of OHCA.

CONCLUSION: This study provides an epidemiological overview of OHCA in children in Germany and identifies bystander CPR with ventilation as one primary factor for survival. Trial registrations German Clinical Trial Register: DRKS00030989, December 28th 2022.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer349
Seitenumfang13
FachzeitschriftCritical Care
Jahrgang27
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 7 Sept. 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 85170169238
PubMed 37679812
PubMedCentral PMC10485980
ORCID /0000-0002-3666-7128/work/147143661

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Humans, Child, Infant, Newborn, Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest/epidemiology, Return of Spontaneous Circulation, Resuscitation, Epidemiologic Studies, Registries

Bibliotheksschlagworte