Factors influencing termination of resuscitation in children: a qualitative analysis.

Background: Pediatric Advanced Life Support provides guidelines for resuscitating children in cardiopulmonary arrest. However, the role physicians' attitudes and beliefs play in decision-making when terminating resuscitation has not been fully investigated. This study aims to identify and explore the vital "non-medical" considerations surrounding the decision to terminate efforts by U.

The Broselow and Handtevy Resuscitation Tapes: A Comparison of the Performance of Pediatric Weight Prediction.

Objectives: To assess the performance of two pediatric length-based tapes (Broselow and Handtevy) in predicting actual weights of US children.

Methods: In this descriptive study, weights and lengths of children (newborn through 13 years of age) were extracted from the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Using the measured length ranges for each tape and the NHANES-extracted length data, every case from the study sample was coded into Broselow and Handtevy zones.