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 …

Study objective We seek to collect, review, evaluate, and synthesize the current literature
focusing on all published methods of pediatric weight estimation. Methods We conducted a …

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”) …

Objective: To provide ICU clinicians with evidence-based guidance on safe medication use
practices for the critically ill. Data Sources: PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic …

This publication presents the 2005 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) of the …

Background Errors in drug administration are among the commonest medical errors.
Children are particularly at risk for such errors because of the need to calculate doses …

The safe and effective administration of fluids and medications during the management of
medical emergencies in children depends on an appropriately determined dose, based on …

Objective: To compare the various paediatric weight estimation methods (Advanced
Pediatric Life Support, Broselow Tape, Argall, and Best Guess) and parental estimate to …

Abstract Aims The Broselow tape is widely used as a weight-estimation device and drug-
dosing guide aid, but concerns about its accuracy and its efficacy have emerged in the last …

The 2010 ILCOR Paediatric Task Force experts developed 55 questions related to
paediatric resuscitation. Topics were selected based on the 2005 Consensus on Science …