Title: P1252109398swYin
1Rationale for the Current Paediatric
Resuscitation Guidelines Bob Bingham RC (UK)
2Evidence?Janssens L, Altman S, Rogers PA.Vet
Rec105(12)273-6.
- Respiratory and cardiac arrest under general
anaesthesia treatment by acupuncture of the
nasal philtrum. - In seven cases of anaesthetic apnoea with
concurrent cardiac arrest and absence of vital
signs, the revival rate was 43 per cent. Those
which recovered required four to 10 minutes of
acupuncture stimulation -
3Plan
- Evidence evaluation
- BLS issues
- AEDs
- ALS issues
- Aspects of airway management
- Conclusions
4What we know for sure
- Children usually suffer from secondary cardiac
arrest - In c.90 of cases bradycardia precedes
asystole/PEA - Survival from respiratory arrest is good (c.70
normal at 1 year) - Bystander CPR is associated with improved
survival - Rescuers often do nothing for fear of causing
harm - because theyre scared that children are
different
5The Big Idea
A universal guideline for all
6For every complex problem there is an answer
that is simple, neat and wrong.
7Effectiveness of ventilationcompression ratios
15 and 215 in simulated single rescuer
paediatric resuscitation E. Dorph, L. Wik and P.
A. Steen. Resuscitation 200254259
8Optimum CompressionVentilation ratio
- More compressions, better CPP
- More ventilation better oxygenation
- Optimum Balance?
9Optimum CompressionVentilation ratioBabbs CF,
Kern KB. Resuscitation 200254147-57
10Optimal CPR in ChildrenBabbs CF, Nadkarni V.
Resuscitation 200461173
Compression to ventilation ratios in CPR should
be smaller for children than for adults and
gradually increase as a function of body weight.
Optimal CPR in children requires relatively more
ventilation than optimal CPR in adults.
11So much for the Big Idea
12Piglet Model of Asphyxial Cardiac ArrestBerg et
al 1999. Crit Care Med271893-99
13Doing anything is better than doing nothing
- Ideally children should have a lower
compression/ventilation ratio than adults - Its no use having an ideal if no-one does
anything
14Solution
- Those with a duty to respond will do something.
They should employ the optimum, evidence based,
sequence - Other responders should be encouraged to do
something by making only minimal necessary
modifications to the adult protocol
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16BLS simplifications
- Much of the wording harmonised with the adult
text - Age limits If you think the victim is a child,
then he/she is! - Chest compression landmarks avoiding abdominal
compression - AEDs
17AEDs
Problem is not giving too large a shock to a
child in VF Problem is giving ANY shock to child
not in VF
18Fear of Doing Harm
- LD50 of shock 470J/kgBabbs et al. Am Heart J
198099734-738 - LD100 0Jkg (if in VF)
19AEDs In ChildrenRhythm Analysis
- Hazinski et al Circulation 1997Sensitivity
100 Specificity 100 - Atkins et al Pediatrics 1998Sensitivity 88
Specificity 100 - Ceccin et al Circulation 2002Sensitivity 100
for VF Specificity 100
20Heartstart FR2 Automated External Defibrillator
(50J attenuator)
21Attenuated AEDsAtkins DL, Jorgenson DB.
Resuscitation 20056631-37
- Pads applied to 27 Patients
- 8 were in VF (age 4.5 months - 10 years)
- Shocks were advised and delivered to all
- No shock advised to any of the others
- All 8 defibrillated and admitted to hospital
- 5 discharged
22Are we going in the right direction?
23ALS
- ALS protocol
- VF
- Dose of adrenaline
- Airway management
24RhythmSamson R, Nadkarni V et al. NEJM
20063542328
- Prospective study of 1005 children with
- in-hospital cardiac arrest
- Non-shockable rhythm 73
- Survival 27
- Shockable rhythm 27
- Survival
- 35 (if VF initial rhythm)
- 11 (if VF occurred subsequently)
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26VF Protocol
- Different aetiology - therefore consider
precipitating causes - Otherwise, no reason to differ from adult
sequence - 4J/kg only
27Dose of Adrenaline?
- 10mcg/kg?
- 100mcg/kg?
- For the 1st dose
- For the 2nd dose
- For subsequent doses
28High dose adrenaline
- Supported by animal studies and a single
retrospective study in children - No other studies have shown benefit
0/20 survivors after at least two SDE (historical
control group) 14/20 survivors with HDE after two
failed SDE 8/20 survived to discharge 3/20
neurologically intact at follow-up Goetting.
Annals Emerg Med 1991
29High dose adrenaline
- Perondi et al NEJM 20042501722-30
- Blinded PRCT
- 68 subjects randomised to HDE or SDE after 1x
failed SDE - 24 hr survival HDE 1/34 SDE 7/34
- Difference significant, but not maintained
following adjustment for differences between the
2 groups - Significantly reduced survival from asphyxial
arrest in HDE group
30Airway Management
- The Gold Standard
- LMA
- Cuffed tracheal tubes
- Other devices
31Effect of out-of-hospital paediatric endotracheal
intubation on survival and neurological outcome
a controlled clinical trial.JAMA. 2000 Feb
9283(6)783-90. Gausche M, Lewis RJ, Stratton
SJ, Haynes BE, Gunter CS, Goodrich SM, Poore PD,
McCollough MD, Henderson DP, Pratt FD, Seidel JS.
- Prospective randomised controlled trial
- 830 consecutive patients (lt12 years old)
- Randomised to BVM or ETI on odd or even dates
- Outcomes survival to hospital discharge and
neurological status on discharge
32Outcome by Treatment Received
- ETI group 420 BVM group 410
- Survival
- ETI 25/185 (14)
- BVM 208/635 (33)
- Good neurological outcome
- ETI 15/185 (8)
- BVM 162/635 (26)
- BUT results were (correctly) analysed on an
intention to treat basis
33Gausche et alJAMA. 283(6)783-90, 2000
34Gausche et alJAMA. 283(6)783-90, 2000
35LMAs?Lopez-Gil M, Brimacombe J et al. (1996)
- 8 anaesthesia residents
- 75 patients each (600 in all)
- The problem rate per patient for overall, major,
and minor problems was 31.5, 12.8, and 18.7,
respectively - The problem rate decreased from 62 to 2 for
overall problems and 23 to 2 for major problems
over the 75 patients
36Cuffed Tracheal TubesKhine et al Anesthesiology
199786627-31
- 488 children (0-8yrs) undergoing general
anaesthesia - Initial size tube selected correctly more
frequently with cuffed (age/43) - Less leak
- Same complication rate
37Laryngeal Tube
- 0 Newborn lt5kg
- Infant 5-12Kg
- Child 12-25kg
- Small adult lt155cm
- Medium adult 155-180cm
- 5 Large adult gt180cm
38Laryngeal TubevsLMABortone L et al 2006. Paed
Anaesth16251-7
39ETCO2 Monitoring
- Tracheal tube placement detection reliable with
perfusing rhythm and during transport - What about during cardiac arrest?
- (Bhende et al Am J Emerg Med 199614349-50)
- Sensitivity 85
- Specificity 100
40Questions?
41Conclusions
- Paediatric resuscitation guidelines 2005
- Are evidence based - but its not level 1
evidence! - They are
- Simpler for professional rescuers
- Much simpler for lay rescuers