Objective: Hospitalized children with cardiac disease have the highest rate of cardiac arrest compared to other disease types. Different intensive care unit (ICU) models exist, but it remains unknown whether resuscitation guideline adherence is different between cardiac ICUs (CICU) and general pediatric ICUs (PICU). We hypothesize there is no difference in resuscitation practices between unit types. Design: Retrospective observational study. Setting: The American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation (GWTG-R) registry. Patients: Children < 18 years old with medical or surgical cardiac disease who had cardiopulmonary arrest from 2014 to 2018. Intervention: None. Measurements and Main Results: Events were assessed for compliance with GWTG-R achievement measures of time to first chest compressions ≤ 1 min, time to intravenous/intraosseous epinephrine ≤ 5 min, time to first shock ≤ 2 min for ventricular fibrillation (VF)/pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), and confirmation of endotracheal tube placement. Additional practices were evaluated for consistency with Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) recommendations. Eight hundred and eighty-six patients were evaluated, 687 (79%) in CICUs and 179 (21%) in PICUs. 484 (56%) had surgical cardiac disease. There were no differences in GWTG-R achievement measures or PALS recommendations between ICU types in univariable or multivariable models. Amiodarone, lidocaine, and nonstandard medication use did not differ by unit type. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) was more common in CICUs for both medical (16% vs 7%) and surgical (25% vs 2.5%) categories (P < .0001). Conclusions: Resuscitation compliance for patients with cardiac disease is similar between CICUs and PICUs. Patients were more likely to receive ECPR in CICUs. Additional study should evaluate how ICU type affects arrest outcomes in children with cardiac disease.
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