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. 2008 Apr 30;8:18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-8-18

Table 1.

Patient characteristics, place of arrest, cardiac arrest duration, outcome and cause of death.

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

CPR: cardiopulmonar resuscitation

CRA: cardiac arrest