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Recommended guidelines for uniform reporting of pediatric advanced life support: the pediatric Utstein style
A Zaritsky1, V Nadkarni, M F Hazinski
1Office of Scientific Affairs, American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas 75231-4596, USA.
Insights
This consensus statement outlines guidelines for pediatric resuscitation, developed by leading medical organizations. It aims to standardize and improve emergency care for critically ill children.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Background:
- Developed by a task force meeting in June 1994, with follow-up in September 1994.
- Drafts were circulated for comment to task force members, the American Heart Association Subcommittee on Pediatric Resuscitation, and outside reviewers.
- Cosponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association.
Abstract:
This statement is the product of a task force meeting held June 8, 1994, in Washington DC in conjunction with the First International Conference on Pediatric Resuscitation and a follow-up task force writing group meeting held September 18, 1994, in Chicago. Draft versions of the statement were circulated for comment to all members of the task force, the American Heart Association Subcommittee on Pediatric Resuscitation, and several outside reviewers. This statement and the International Conference on Pediatric Resuscitation were cosponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association. The development of this statement was authorized by the American Academy of Pediatrics; the American Heart Association National Subcommittees on Pediatric Resuscitation, Basic Life Support, and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, the Committee on Emergency Cardiac Care, the Science Advisory Committee; and the European Resuscitation Council. In addition to the writing group, members of the Pediatric Utstein Task Force are Paul Anderson, M Douglas Baker, Jane Ball, Desmond Bohn, Dena Brownstein, J Michael Dean, Niranjan Kissoon, Bruce Klein, Patrick Malone, Karin McCloskey, James McCrory, P Pearl O'Rourke, Mary Patterson, Charles Schleien, James Seidel, Joseph J Tepas III, and Becky Yano.
