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Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2008 Nov;122(5):1086–1098. doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-3313

TABLE 2.

Summary of Representative Studies of Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

Author (Year) Settinga No. of Patients ROSC, n (%) Survival to Discharge, n (%) Favorable Neurologic Survival, n (%)
Osmond et al (2006) OOH 503 NR 10 (2) NR
Berg et al19 (2005) OOH, shockable rhythm 13 13 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Donoghue et al131 (2005) OOH, review 5693 NR 689 (12) 228 (4)
Lopez-Herce et al4 (2005) Mixed IH and OOH 213 110 (52) 45 (21) 34 (16)
Sirbaugh et al24 (1999) OOH CA 300 33 (11) 6 (2) 1(<1)
Young and Seidel13 (1999) Meta-analysis OOH 1568 NR 132 (8) NR
Suominen et al26 (1998) OOH, traumatic arrests 41 10 (24) 3 (7) 2 (5)
Suominen et al25 (1997) OOH 50 13 (26) 8 (16) 6 (12)
Schindler et al23 (1996) OOH 80 43 (54) 6 (8) 0 (0)
Dieckmann and Vardis20 (1995) OOH 65 3 (5) 2 (3) 1 (1.5)
Kuisma et al22 (1995) OOH 34 10 (29) 5 (15) 4 (12)

OOH indicates out of hospital; IH, in hospital; NR, not reported.

a

Patient population.