• Andrés Fernández, Ana Solís, Paloma Cañete, Jimena Del Castillo, Javier Urbano, Angel Carrillo, Jesús López-Herce, and Grupo Español de Reanimación Cardiopulmonar Pediátrica y Neonatal.
• Servicio de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón de Madrid, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Gregorio Marañón Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
• Resuscitation. 2017 Apr 1; 113: 87-89.

Objectiveto analyze the incidence of infection in children who have suffered an in-hospital cardiac arrest (CA) and the association with mortality.MethodsA retrospective unicenter observational study on a prospective database with children between one month and 16 years old, who have suffered an in-hospital CA was performed. Clinical, analytical and monitorization data, treatment, mortality and cause of death were recorded.Results57 children were studied (57.6% males). Recovery of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) was achieved in 50 children (87.7%) and 32 (59.3%) survived. After ROSC, 28 patients (56% of those who achieved ROSC) were diagnosed of infection. There were not significant differences in mortality between patients infected (42.9%) and uninfected (27.3%) p=0.374. Only one died in consequence of a sepsis with multiorganic failure.ConclusionsThe frequency of infection in children after recovering of a cardiac arrest is high. There were no statistically significant differences in mortality between patients with and without infection after ROSC.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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