The long-term health impact and potential predictors of cardiopulmonary arrest in patients with childhood-onset psychomotor impairments (original) (raw)

Brain & development, 2015

Abstract

The aim of the study was to understand the long-term health issues and potential predictors of cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) in patients with severe childhood-onset psychomotor impairments. In this single-center, retrospective observational study, the medical records of 140 patients with severe childhood-onset psychomotor impairments were reviewed. The medical interventions and functional status of patients with a history of CPA (n=22: 14M/8F; mean±SD age: 26.6±12.4years) were compared with age- and sex-matched patients without a history of CPA (n=44: 28M/16F; mean±SD age: 26.5±12.3years). The prevalence of CPA was 15.7%. The most frequent cause was respiratory issues, and CPA occurred most frequently between 0 and 5years old. The patients who had a history of CPA were more likely to have required a feeding tube (p=0.0007), tracheostomy (p<0.0001), and ventilator (p=0.002) compared to the non-CPA patients, while the prevalence of tracheostomy or ventilator treatment during early i...

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