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Pediatric Life Support: 2025 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Consensus on Science With Treatment
Pediatrics
|October 22, 2025
Summary
This study updates pediatric resuscitation guidelines by reviewing recent evidence on cardiac arrest in children. It provides consensus treatment recommendations for pre-arrest, intra-arrest, and post-arrest phases.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Resuscitation Science
- Evidence-Based Medicine
Background:
- The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) regularly reviews and summarizes cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) science.
- Comprehensive reviews are published every five years, with the Pediatric Life Support Task Force contributing significantly to pediatric resuscitation updates.
- The 2025 ILCOR Consensus on Science With Treatment Recommendations includes a detailed review of pediatric resuscitation evidence.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide a comprehensive update on pediatric resuscitation science based on evidence reviewed in the past year and since 2020.
- To address 39 critical questions spanning the pre-arrest, intra-arrest, and post-arrest phases of pediatric cardiac arrest.
- To develop consensus treatment recommendations for pediatric resuscitation based on rigorous evidence assessment.
Main Methods:
- Systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and evidence updates were conducted on published resuscitation literature.
- The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) criteria were used to assess the quality of evidence.
- Task force members engaged in extensive discussion and debate to formulate evidence-based statements and recommendations.
Main Results:
- The review encompasses 39 questions related to pediatric cardiac arrest resuscitation phases.
- Consensus treatment recommendations have been established based on the evaluated evidence.
- Key knowledge gaps requiring further research in pediatric resuscitation have been identified.
Conclusions:
- The 2025 ILCOR Consensus provides an updated framework for pediatric resuscitation based on the latest scientific evidence.
- The findings guide clinical practice by offering consensus treatment recommendations for pediatric cardiac arrest.
- Future research priorities are highlighted to advance the field of pediatric resuscitation.
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