TY - JOUR TI - Epidemiology and outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in critically ill children admitted to a tertiary care hospital: a 5-year retrospective cohort study A1 - Names, Abdellh A A2 - Alomar, Amro H A3 - Alwadan, Ismail M A4 - Alibrahim, Abdulaziz Y A5 - Aldhamd, Mohammed A A6 - Alkhaldi, Osama M A7 - Zalah, Abdulrahman A A8 - Alkhaldi, Moath M A9 - Awaji, Alyazid Y A10 - Mashhour, Mashhour A A11 - Hakami, Nasser M A12 - Alhazmi, Asim N A13 - Sultan, Yasser A A14 - Gohal, Hassan M A15 - Alwani, Abdulaziz A JF - International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries JO - IJMDC SN - 1658-7820 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 659 EP - 664 Y1 - 2023 AB - Objective: This study aimed to assess the epidemiology, characteristics, and outcome of cardiac arrest among critically ill children in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia.Methods: Self-managed hospital records of patients [including admission and intensive care unit (ICU) administration data] were retrospectively obtained and analyzed from January 2017 to December 2021 at King Fahad Central Hospital.Results: The largest proportion of patients (69.7%; 280/402) was 0-12 months of age, followed by those 5-10 years of age (13.4%), and over half were males (57.7%; 232/402). A total of 11.7% of the patients were diagnosed with cardiac arrest. Most (83.6%) of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) admissions were deteriorating inpatients and the remaining, 10.9% and 5.5% were administered CPR upon admission or were not administered CPR, respectively. While the majority (89.6%) of the patients died upon discharge, 8.5% improved, 1.2% were transferred to an external facility, and 0.7% were discharged against medical advice.Conclusion: The children receiving CPR in this study had high rates of mortality. Patients under observation, event, and unit type (Neonatal ICU, pediatric ICU, or ward) were associated with a higher risk of death. Further analysis is needed to determine the association between resuscitation procedures, unit type, and mortality. PB - https://www.ijmdc.com DO - 10.24911/IJMDC.51-1670883202 UR - https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=94967 ER -