TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cardiac Arrest A1 - Heidenreich, Joseph W. A1 - Wieters, J. Scott A1 - Morris, Andrew A2 - Stone, C. Keith A2 - Humphries, Roger L. A2 - Drigalla, Dorian A2 - Stephan, Maria PY - 2014 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatric Emergency Medicine AB - In contrast to cardiopulmonary arrest in adults, most incidences of cardiopulmonary arrest in children are preceded by respiratory failure including hypoxia and hypercarbia. A number of conditions can lead to respiratory failure followed by cardiac arrest, including sepsis, respiratory disease, submersion, trauma, electrolyte and metabolic abnormalities, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Although the conditions represent the minority of incidences, spontaneous cardiac arrests with initial rhythms of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and ventricular tachycardia (VT) not preceded by any apparent illness also can occur. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/04 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106019311 ER -