"Doctor, Is My Child Going to Survive?" Does a New Score to Predict Mortality Following Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest "GO-FAR" Enough?

There is high variability in survival rates across different centers, partly attributable to variable hospital prevention strategies, resuscitation preparedness, performance, and quality of care. Nevertheless, approximately half of the children who have return of a sustained circulation following in-hospital cardiac arrest still die before discharge, and neurologic sequelae are observed in a substantial number of survivors. It is critically important for healthcare providers to have specific tools in the early postarrest phase capable to reliably predict patients with the best chance to survive to hospital discharge and those where continued aggressive care is likely to be futile.