Acute cardiac care & resuscitation
Surviving Pediatric Cardiogenic Shock: Clinical Approach, Improving Outcomes, and Future Directions: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
Diagnostic framework for the bedside clinician, with a proposed pediatric cardiogenic shock definition and severity staging aligned with previously validated systems
Initial approach to diagnosis and stabilization of a child with suspected cardiogenic shock
Guidance on noninvasive and invasive monitoring to determine clinical trajectory, as a significant proportion deteriorate in the first 24 hours
Future directions: frontline clinician education, multidisciplinary shock team, prognostic and clinical relevance of biomarkers, clinical decision tools or algorithms
Original publication
Surviving Pediatric Cardiogenic Shock: Clinical Approach, Improving Outcomes, and Future Directions: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. Published 6 August 2026. doi:10.
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