' CPR longer than 20 minutes in kids "is not futile" '
Heart Jan 23
http://www.theheart.org/article/1498589.do
"More children than expected survive cardiac arrests in the hospital following prolonged resuscitation, new research shows [1]. The study—the largest to date in this field—"should help dispel common perceptions that cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] is futile beyond 20 minutes," say Dr Renée Matos (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA) and colleagues in their report, published online January 22, 2013 in Circulation. . . "