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AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support Update 2020 — “More Breaths, Less Fluids, and a Focus on Recovery”

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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines are updated every five years and the new 2020 guidelines were issued recently. We briefly review the important changes in terms of rates of rescue breaths, timing of epinephrine, resuscitation in septic shock, use of extracorporeal therapies, and the new component in the chain of survival — recovery.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Manjinder Singh Randhawa, Vishwa Chenniganahosahalli Revaiah & Muralidharan Jayashree

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MSR, VCR: drafted the manuscript; MJ: editing, review and final approval. All authors approved the final version of manuscript, and are accountable for all aspects related to the study.

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Randhawa, M.S., Revaiah, V.C. & Jayashree, M. AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support Update 2020 — “More Breaths, Less Fluids, and a Focus on Recovery”. Indian Pediatr 58, 273–278 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-021-2169-7

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