Question 1

describe the conditions that most often cause cardiac arrest in children an infants?

Accepted Answer

Respiratory failure: Infants & children generally experience cardiac arrest after a period of declining respiratory function. In illnesses like asthma, progessive pneumonia, bronchiolitis etc., effective oxygen exchange begins to fail, the child works harder until they are exhausted and give out. At some point, the heart develops a rhythm disturmance & quits pumping.Drowning or trauma+ lung compromize will also do it.

Question 2

can infants and children have a cardiac arrest?

Accepted Answer

Yes: But usually for different etiologies (causes).
Most children and infants will have a cardiac arrest if they do not get enough air (oxygen) and this will cause the heart rate to decrease to a point where the heart can stop (systole) or go into an abnormal rhythm.  Also cardiac defects or anatomic abnormalities from birth can do this too. The best treatment is CPR and call 911.

Question 3

if a murmur is found in an unresponsive cardiac arrest 5 week old infant, does that mean he still has a heart beat? my 5 week old son died on november 18th and i woke to find him not breathing or responding and he was a little pale.. the emt's and the doc

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I : I am so sorry for your tragic loss.  Are you sure that the doctors didn't mean that he had a murmur in the past and that he was in asystole when the you found him?  If this is important for you to know, i'd hope your son's pediatrician would be able to clarify the situation for you.

Question 4

my baby had hypoxia at birth and put him in cooling but he had cardiac arrest but he got survived, he made mri my q is there any risk could my son has?

Accepted Answer

Inbox consult: An inbox consultation may provide more details. You can also upload the MRI report and discharge summary. Your pediatrician will follow his growth and development closely. He will have hearing and vision screens as part of his routine visits. A neurologist may also provide more information to you regarding his progress. Continue to engage in educational play time and reading to your son.

Question 5

what cause cardiac arrest during c sections?

Accepted Answer

Needs full work up: It could be many things including electrolyte abnormality, effects of anesthesia or cardiac problems.

Question 6

what is cardiac arrest?

Accepted Answer

Cardiac arrest: By definition, cardiac arrest is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract..

Question 7

what causes cardiac arrest?

Accepted Answer

Many things: Cardiac arrest can be caused by many problems with the heart. The most common is a heart attach which can cause fatally abnormal rhythms when the heart is starved for oxygen. Arrests can also occur from abnormalities in the electrical system of the heart; from drugs or toxins; and from abnormalities of electrolytes particularly high and low potassium.

Question 8

what number of types of cardiac arrest are there?

Accepted Answer

Only one: Cardiac arrest is when your heart stop working due to different causes including heart attacks, and ventricular arrhythmias.

Question 9

what causes sudden cardiac arrest?

Accepted Answer

Blood clot, atheroma: Hi. A sudden heart attack (MI) is caused when a lesion in an artery that projects into the lumen (called an atheroma, and made of inflammatory cells, cholesterol, and junk = "hardening of the arteries") has a surface exposed to the blood cells that promotes clotting. The clot (thrombus) forms and blocks the artery; no more blood gets thru. That part of the heart gets no more oxygen, and dies = MI.

Question 10

can stress cause a cardiac arrest?

Accepted Answer

Technically, yes. : There is a condition called "broken heart syndrome, " where severe stress can cause cardiac arrest. It is quite rare, but it has definitely been described.

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My baby had hypoxia at birth and put him in cooling but he had cardiac arrest but he got survived, he made mri my q is there any risk could my son has?

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