Comparative analysis of the parameters affecting AED rhythm analysis algorithm applied to pediatric and adult Ventricular Tachycardia

In this study pediatric and adult Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) are used to test the efficiency of an AED analysis algorithm. Statistical assessment of the four significant parameters that define the shock-noshock classification algorithm has been performed. The following parameters are considered: Pulse Rate (PR), Waveform Power Ratio (WPR), and two morphological parameters, Baseline Content (BC) and Probability Distribution Width (PDW). A set of 76 adult and 55 pediatric shockable VT episodes is considered to measure the sensitivity of the classification algorithm originally developed for adult patients (100% for rapid adult VT). The sensitivity for the whole pediatric set is 96.36 %, but increases to 100% for the 1-8 years of age subgroup.