@article{ref1,
title="Traumatic cardiac arrest in pediatric patients: an analysis of the National Trauma Database 2007-2016",
journal="American surgeon",
year="2022",
author="Faulkner, Justin and Carballo, Christopher and Colosimo, Christina and Gratton, Austin and Mentzer, Caleb and Yon, James",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to identify the population of pediatric patients who arrive without signs of life and describe outcomes using a national database.Patients eighteen and younger with no signs of life were pulled from the National Trauma Database (NTDB) from the years 2007-2016. A total of N = 7503 patients were separated into two cohorts for comparison. Subset analysis was also conducted for patients undergoing a thoracotomy. Statistical analysis was performed on the collected data. Over the 9-year period most patients died in the ED or hospital (95.7%), very few patients were discharged home (1.3%), and ED thoracotomies were performed rarely (9%) with most patients dying (97%).Arrival to the trauma bay without signs of life is associated with a dismal prognosis. Clinical judgment must be carefully applied to choose the small number of patients who would benefit from an aggressive approach.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-1348",
doi="10.1177/00031348221091937",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00031348221091937"
}