In contrast to adults, cardiac arrest in infants and children does not usually result from a
primary cardiac cause. More often it is the terminal result of progressive respiratory failure or …

Cardiac arrest occurs at a higher rate in children with heart disease than in healthy children.
Pediatric basic life support and advanced life support guidelines focus on delivering high …

Thrombosis has long been recognized as a potentially lifethreatening complication in
children with congenital heart disease (CHD), children with acquired heart disease, and in …

OBJECTIVES: We sought to identify risk factors for mortality and morbidity during the
Norwood hospitalization in newborn infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and other …

Note From the Writing Group: Throughout this article, the reader will notice combinations of
superscripted letters and numbers (eg,“Family Presence During Resuscitation Peds-003”) …

Disclaimer 2020: The EACTS/AEPC Guidelines represent the views of the EACTS and the
AEPC and were produced after careful consideration of the scientific and medical …

More than 25% of children survive to hospital discharge after in-hospital cardiac arrests, and
5% to 10% survive after out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. This review of pediatric …

Advances in both surgical techniques and perioperative care have led to improved survival
outcomes in infants and children undergoing surgery for complex congenital heart disease …

We reviewed reported survival and neurological outcomes, and predictors of these
outcomes for pediatric cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and …

OBJECTIVES: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to support patients with
shunted single-ventricle physiology has been controversial. Variable survivals are reported …