Long-term outcomes of burned children after in-hospital cardiac arrest

OBJECTIVE: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in severely burned patients experiencing cardiac arrest (CA) has been considered by some as futile. The objective of this article is to report predisposing factors and the outcomes of burned children experiencing in-hospital CA at our institution. DESIGN: The records of 595 children admitted from 1985 to 1998 with burns covering >35% of their total body surface area were reviewed. Thirty-four …