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Almutairi MK, Alqirnas MQ, Altwim AM, Alhamadh MS, Alkhashan M, Aljahdali N, Albdah B. Outcomes of Pediatric Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A 15-year Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Center in Saudi Arabia. Cureus 2023; 15:e39598. [PMID: 37384094 PMCID: PMC10296779 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.39598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) is the cessation of cardiac pumping activity secondary to blunt or penetrating trauma. The aim of this study is to identify the outcomes of traumatic cardiac arrest in pediatric patients within the local community and report the causes and resuscitation management for the defined cases. METHODS This was a retrospectively conducted cohort study that took place in King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) and King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital (KASCH) from 2005 to 2021, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study population involved pediatric patients aged 14 years or less who were admitted to our Emergency Department (ED) and had a traumatic cardiac arrest in the ED. RESULTS There were 26,510 trauma patients, and only 56 were eligible for inclusion. More than half (60.71%, n= 34) of the patients were males. Patients aged four years or less constituted 51.79% (n= 29) of the included cases. The majority of patients were Saudis (89.29%, n= 50). The majority of the patients had cardiac arrest prior to ED admission (78.57%, n= 44). The majority (89.29%, n= 50) had a GCS of 3 at ED arrival. The most frequently observed first cardiac arrest rhythm was asystole, followed by pulseless electrical activity and ventricular fibrillation, accounting for 74.55%, 23.64%, and 1.82%, respectively. CONCLUSION Pediatric TCA is high acuity. Children who experience TCA have dreadful outcomes, and survivors can suffer serious neurological impairments. We provided the experience of one of the largest trauma centers in Saudi Arabia to standardize the approach for managing TCA and, hopefully, improve its outcomes.
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- Mohammed K Almutairi
- Department of Emergency Medicine, King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital, Riyadh, SAU
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- College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, SAU
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- College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, SAU
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City Riyadh, Riyadh, SAU
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital, Riyadh, SAU
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- Section of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, SAU
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Hatakeyama T, Kiguchi T, Sera T, Nachi S, Ochiai K, Kitamura T, Ogura S, Otomo Y, Iwami T. Physician's presence in pre-hospital setting improves one-month favorable neurological survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a propensity score matching analysis of the JAAM-OHCA Registry. Resuscitation 2021; 167:38-46. [PMID: 34390825 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Using the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) registry in Japan, we evaluated the effectiveness of physicians' presence in pre-hospital settings after adjusting in-hospital treatments. METHODS This was a multicenter cohort study. We registered all consecutive OHCA patients in Japan who, from 1 June 2014 through 31 December 2017, were transported to institutions participating in the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine OHCA registry. We included OHCA patients aged at least 18 years, with medical etiology, and who received resuscitation from emergency medical services (EMS) personnel and medical professionals in hospitals. The primary outcome was one-month favorable neurological survival. We estimated the propensity score by fitting a logistic regression model that was adjusted for several variables before the arrival of EMS personnel and/or pre-hospital physician. A multivariable logistic regression analysis in propensity score-matched patients was used to adjust confounders, including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, percutaneous coronary intervention, intra-aortic balloon pumping, and targeted temperature management. RESULTS We analyzed 19,247 patients. Among them, 5.4% (N = 1,040) had a neurologically favorable outcome. The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of the physicians' presence compared with their absence for primary outcome was 1.84 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.43-2.37). Among first documented non-shockable cardiac rhythm, the AOR was 1.51 (95% CI: 1.04-2.22). Among first documented shockable cardiac rhythm, the AOR of the physicians' presence for primary outcome was 1.15 (95% CI: 0.83-1.59). CONCLUSION The improved one-month favorable neurological survival was significantly associated with the physicians' presence in pre-hospital settings, compared with the physicians' absence.
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- Toshihiro Hatakeyama
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Emergency and Critical Care Center, Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center, 2-1-50 Minami-Koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama 343-8555, Japan; Kyoto University Health Service, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Kyoto University Health Service, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Department of Critical Care and Trauma Center, Osaka General Medical Center, 3-1-56 Bandai-Higashi, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8558, Japan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, 1-5-54 Ujinakanda, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8530, Japan; Department of Acute Critical Care and Disaster Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagito, Gifu, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Acute Critical Care and Disaster Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagito, Gifu, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Acute Critical Care and Disaster Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Kyoto University Health Service, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Rickard AC, Vassallo J, Nutbeam T, Lyttle MD, Maconochie IK, Enki DG, Smith JE. Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest: a Delphi study to establish consensus on definition and management. Emerg Med J 2018; 35:434-439. [PMID: 29705730 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2017-207226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AIMS Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) is associated with low survival and poor outcomes. The mechanisms that underlie TCA are different from medical cardiac arrest; the approach to treatment of TCA may therefore also need to differ to optimise outcomes. The aim of this study was to explore the opinion of subject matter experts regarding the diagnosis and treatment of paediatric TCA, and to reach consensus on how best to manage this group of patients. METHODS An online Delphi study was conducted over three rounds, with the aim of achieving consensus (defined as 70% agreement) on statements related to the diagnosis and management of paediatric TCA. Participants were invited from paediatric and adult emergency medicine, paediatric anaesthetics, paediatric ICU and paediatric surgery, as well as Paediatric Major Trauma Centre leads and representatives from the Resuscitation Council UK. Statements were informed by literature reviews and were based on elements of APLS resuscitation algorithms as well as some concepts used in the management of adult TCA; they ranged from confirmation of cardiac arrest to the indications for thoracotomy. RESULTS 73 experts completed all three rounds between June and November 2016. Consensus was reached on 14 statements regarding the diagnosis and management of paediatric TCA; oxygenation and ventilatory support, along with rapid volume replacement with warmed blood, improve survival. The duration of cardiac arrest and the lack of a response to intervention, along with cardiac standstill on ultrasound, help to guide the decision to terminate resuscitation. CONCLUSION This study has given a consensus-based framework to guide protocol development in the management of paediatric TCA, though further work is required in other key areas including its acceptability to clinicians.
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- Annette C Rickard
- Emergency Department, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK
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- Emergency Department, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.,Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (Research and Academia), Birmingham, UK
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- Emergency Department, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK
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- Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK.,Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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- Emergency Department, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, London, UK
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- Medical Statistics Group, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK
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- Emergency Department, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.,Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (Research and Academia), Birmingham, UK
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Blind subxiphoid pericardiotomy to relieve critical acute hemopericardium: a final report. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2012; 38:563-8. [PMID: 26816259 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-012-0200-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE Percutaneous catheter drainage (PCD) has been considered a standard method of relieving acute cardiac tamponade. Although conventional subxiphoid pericardiotomy is useful even for clotted hemopericardium, it has been believed to be unsuitable for emergency treatment because it is a time-consuming procedure. We report our modified pericardiotomy technique that can be used for emergency management. METHODS We designed a prospective observational study to evaluate blind subxiphoid pericardiotomy (BSP) for critical cardiac tamponade due to hemopericardium. Emergency patients (n = 148) with acute hemopericardium secondary to trauma (n = 12), acute aortic disease (n = 122), or cardiac rupture following acute myocardial infarction (n = 14) were the subjects. Early results were compared between the BSP group (n = 53) and the PCD group (n = 95). RESULTS BSP was effective at relieving cardiac tamponade in all 53 cases, but PCD was ineffective in 12 cases (12.6 %, p = 0.008). Procedure-related complication rates of BSP and PCD were 0 and 16.8 %, respectively (p = 0.002). Survival rates for the BSP and PCD groups were 18.9 and 6.3 %, respectively (p = 0.018). Since 2005, when we discarded the restriction that only board-certified surgeons should perform BSP, acute care physicians (including trainees) have performed BSP for 22 patients without procedure-related complications. CONCLUSIONS BSP was safe and effective for cardiac tamponade due to acute hemopericardium. Critical complications during PCD for hemopericardium could not be avoided in some cases because of clots in the pericardium.
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