Unexpected cardiopulmonary arrest associated with influenza: our experience during the 2009 pandemic in Japan

摘要

Our national survey of pediatric deaths associated with2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (pH1N1) infectionrevealed that unexpected cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA)was one of the leading cause of pediatric deaths in Japan.1Unexpected CPA associated with influenza can be underestimateddue to difficulty in obtaining detailed information.We investigated the actual situation of unexpectedCPA in association with pH1N1.