About this trial
Children with congenital heart defects are far more likely to suffer a cardiovascular arrest and be in the need of cardiopulmonary resuscitation than healthy children or those with diseases of other organ systems, especially after cardiothoracic surgery. Due to a lack of data, the exact number of resuscitations in this patient cohort, as well as the morbidity and mortality, is unknown. This study aims to register all cardiovascular arrests in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease and study the mortality and morbidity with a special focus on the neurodevelopmental outcome.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
congenital heart defects, congenital heart arrhythmia, familial cardiomyopathies, inflammatory heart diseases
pediatric resuscitation (chest compressions ≥2min) in hospital or on arrival in hospital
age <18 years
informed consent of the parents or legal representative
Disqualifiers
absence or withdrawal of informed consent of the parents or legal representative
do-not-resuscitate-order (DNR)
Trial population
Children: 0 - 18 years
Trial design
Case-only
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
survival to hospital discharge
Secondary outcomes
Number of return of spontaneous circulation
Rate of morbidity
Sponsors and contacts
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Leipzig Heart Science gGmbH
Lead sponsor
Heart Center Leipzig - University Hospital
Collaborator
Zentrum für Klinische Studien Leipzig
Collaborator
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Kardiologie und Angeborene Herzfehler e.V.
Collaborator
Stiftung KinderHerz
Collaborator