ArticleBMC emergency medicine2026
Aetiology-dependent short- and long-term survival after paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a multicentre, retrospective, cohort study.
Article in BMC emergency medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundOut-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in children is rare and associated with poor outcomes. Data on aetiology-specific differences in short- and long-term survival are limited.
methodsThis multicentre, retrospective study included children (< 18 years) with OHCA managed by a nationwide helicopter emergency medical service. Patient characteristics, OHCA-related variables, resuscitation interventions, and outcomes were collected. The primary objective was to compare sustained return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), 30-day survival, and 1-year survival rates across different OHCA aetiologies.
resultsAmong 9,018 patients with OHCA, 247 [2.7% (95% CI, 2.2-3.1%)] were children, of whom 200 were included. External or traumatic aetiologies accounted for 129 cases (64.5%). Non-traumatic OHCA occurred in 71 children (35.6%). Trauma was the most frequent aetiology [n = 78 (39.0%)], followed by drowning [n = 34 (17.0%)], non-cardiac non-traumatic causes [n = 27 (13.5%)], suspected cardiac causes [n = 27 (13.5%)], Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) [n = 17 (8.5%)], and asphyxiation [n = 17 (8.5%)]. Sustained ROSC, 30-day survival, and 1-year survival differed significantly across aetiology groups (all p < 0.001). Drowning was associated with the highest sustained ROSC (77.4%), 30-day (55.9%), and 1-year survival rates (50.0%), followed by non-cardiac non-traumatic causes (ROSC, 54.2%; 30-day survival, 38.5%; 1-year survival, 34.6%), and asphyxiation (ROSC, 57.1%; 30-day survival, 20.0%; 1-year survival, 20.0%). Outcomes were poorest in SIDS (ROSC, 20.0%; 30-day survival, 5.9%; 1-year survival, 5.9%). OHCA aetiology was independently associated with ROSC, 30-day, and 1-year survival rates in multivariable analyses.
conclusionsPaediatric OHCA was rare and demonstrated marked heterogeneity in both aetiology and outcomes. Short- and long-term survival rates varied significantly across OHCA aetiologies.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.