TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Traumatic cardiac arrest in pediatric patients: an analysis of the National Trauma Database 2007-2016
JO  - American surgeon
A1  - Faulkner, Justin
A1  - Carballo, Christopher
A1  - Colosimo, Christina
A1  - Gratton, Austin
A1  - Mentzer, Caleb
A1  - Yon, James
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-1348
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00031348221091937
ID  - ref1
ER  -