Association Between Diastolic Blood Pressure During Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Survival.

Conclusions -These data demonstrate that mean DBP ≥25 mmHg during CPR in infants and ≥30 mmHg in children ≥1 year old was associated with greater likelihood of survival to hospital discharge and survival with favorable neurologic outcome.
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Source: Circulation - December 26, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Berg RA, Sutton RM, Reeder RW, Berger JT, Newth CJ, Carcillo JA, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Yates AR, Harrison RE, Moler FW, Pollack MM, Carpenter TC, Wessel DL, Jenkins TL, Notterman DA, Holubkov R, Tamburro RF, Dean JM, Nadkarni VM, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Tags: Circulation Source Type: research