Survival and neurobehavioral outcomes following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in pediatric patients with pre-existing morbidity: An analysis of the THAPCA out-of-hospital arrest data.

Aim: Pre-arrest morbidity in adults who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is associated with increased mortality and poorer neurologic outcomes. The objective of this study was to determine if a similar association is seen in pediatric patients.

Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of data from the Therapeutic Hypothermia after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Out-of-Hospital trial.