Angela C Blankenship, Richard P Fernandez, Brian F Joy, Julie C Miller, Aymen Naguib, Steven C Cassidy, Janet Simsic, Christina Phelps, Sheilah Harrison, Mark Galantowicz, Andrew R Yates
OBJECTIVE: To identify a cause for clinical deterioration, examine resuscitation efforts, and identify and correct system issues (thus improving outcomes) via a multidisciplinary code-review process soon after cardiopulmonary arrest. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of code events in a tertiary pediatric heart center from September 2010 to December 2013 and review of surgical-cardiac data from January 2010 to December 2013. RESULTS: A multidisciplinary team reviewed 47 code events, 16 of which (34%) were deemed potentially preventable...
July 2016: American Journal of Critical Care