Abstract 14159: Characteristics and Outcomes in COVID-19 Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients
Introduction: Survival of adult patients with COVID-19 who had an in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) are poor. Characteristics and outcomes for pediatric IHCA patients with COVID-19 are unknown. Hypothesis: We hypothesized that pediatric COVID-19 patients would have worse survival outcomes when compared to non-COVID patients. Methods: A multicenter, multinational cohort of pediatric IHCA in the pediRES-Q collaborative were reviewed (March 1, 2020 - April 1, 2021). We characterized patients with COVID-19 compared to patients without COVID-19 and investigated whether COVID-19 was associated with survival outcomes using multivariate logistic regression with mixed effects. Results: We identified 362 pediatric IHCAs of which 14 were COVID-19 positive. For non-COVID-19 vs COVID-19 patients respectively, median [Q1; Q3] age was 1.0 [0.3; 7.1] vs. 7.1 [1.5; 14.0] years and 42% vs. 43% were female. Immediate cause of arrest was hypotension: 8% vs. 43%, respiratory decompensation: 19% vs. 21%, and hypoxia 22% vs. 36% for non-COVID-19 vs. COVID-19 patients. For non-COVID-19 vs COVID-19 patients, total CPR duration was 10 [4; 33] min vs 19 [5; 33] min (for non-return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) cases only: 35 [20; 55] min vs 34 [24; 34] min). For non-COVID-19 vs COVID-19 patients, ROSC was 79% vs. 57%, aOR: 0.48 (95% CI: 0.24-0.98), survival to hospital discharge was 45% vs. 29%, aOR: 0.63 (95% CI: 0.25-1.57) and survival with favorable neurological outcome was 39% vs. 21%, aOR: 0.51 (95% CI: 0.16-1.65). Conclusions: In a pediatric resuscitation quality improvement collaborative, pediatric IHCA patients with COVID-19 were older when compared to non-COVID-19 patients. Median CPR duration was >30 minutes for COVID-19 non-survivors, COVID-19 patients had lower chance of ROSC when compared to non-COVID-19 patients but considerably better survival outcomes than those reported for adults.