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Chi M, Heutlinger O, Heffernan C, Sanger T, Marano R, Feaster W, Taraman S, Ehwerhemuepha L. Chronic Neurological Disorders and Predisposition to Severe COVID-19 in Pediatric Patients in the United States. Pediatr Neurol 2023; 147:130-138. [PMID: 37611407 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND We investigated the association between chronic pediatric neurological conditions and the severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). METHODS This matched retrospective case-control study includes patients (n = 71,656) with chronic complex neurological disorders under 18 years of age, with laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 or a diagnostic code indicating infection or exposure to SARS-CoV-2, from 103 health systems in the United States. The primary outcome was the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was classified as severe (invasive oxygen therapy or death), moderate (noninvasive oxygen therapy), or mild/asymptomatic (no oxygen therapy). A cumulative link mixed effects model was used for this study. RESULTS In this study, a cumulative link mixed effects model (random intercepts for health systems and patients) showed that the following classes of chronic neurological disorders were associated with higher odds of severe COVID-19: muscular dystrophies and myopathies (OR = 3.22; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.73 to 3.84), chronic central nervous system disorders (OR = 2.82; 95% CI: 2.67 to 2.97), cerebral palsy (OR = 1.97; 95% CI: 1.85 to 2.10), congenital neurological disorders (OR = 1.86; 95% CI: 1.75 to 1.96), epilepsy (OR = 1.35; 95% CI: 1.26 to 1.44), and intellectual developmental disorders (OR = 1.09; 95% CI: 1.003 to 1.19). Movement disorders were associated with lower odds of severe COVID-19 (OR = 0.90; 95% CI: 0.81 to 0.99). CONCLUSIONS Pediatric patients with chronic neurological disorders are at higher odds of severe COVID-19. Movement disorders were associated with lower odds of severe COVID-19.
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- Megan Chi
- Children's Health of Orange County, Orange, California; Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lynchburg, Virginia
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- University of California-Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California
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- University of California-Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California
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- Children's Health of Orange County, Orange, California; University of California-Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California
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- Children's Health of Orange County, Orange, California
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- Children's Health of Orange County, Orange, California; University of California-Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California
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Pliego-Rivero FB, Isaac-Olivé K, Otero GA. Brainstem auditory-evoked responses among children afflicted by severely hypoxic CHD. Cardiol Young 2023; 33:1569-1573. [PMID: 36062556 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951122002591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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MAIN AIM To electrophysiologically determine the impact of moderate to severe chronic hypoxia (H) resulting from a wide array of CHD (HCHD) conditions on the integrity of brainstem function. MATERIALS AND METHODS Applying brainstem auditory-evoked response methodology, 30 chronically afflicted HCHD patients, who already had undergone heart surgery, were compared to 28 healthy control children (1-15 yo) matched by age, gender and socioeconomic condition. Blood oxygen saturation was clinically determined and again immediately before brainstem auditory-evoked response testing. RESULTS Among HCHD children, auditory wave latencies (I, III and V) were significantly longer (medians: I, 2.02 ms; III, 4.12 ms, and; V, 6.30 ms) compared to control (medians: I, 1.67ms; III, 3.72 ms, and; V, 5.65 ms), as well as interpeak intervals (HCHD medians: I-V, 4.25 ms, and; III-V, 2.25ms; control medians: I-V, 3.90 ms and, III-V, 1.80 ms) without significant differences in wave amplitudes between groups. A statistically significant and inverse correlation between average blood oxygen saturation of each group (control, 94%; HCHD, 78%) and their respective wave latencies and interpeak intervals was found. CONCLUSIONS As determined by brainstem auditory-evoked responses, young HCHD patients manifestly show severely altered neuronal conductivity in the auditory pathway strongly correlated with their hypoxic condition. These observations are strongly supported by different brainstem neurological and image studies showing that alterations, either in microstructure or function, result from the condition of chronic hypoxia in CHD. The non-altered wave amplitudes are indicative of relatively well-preserved neuronal relay nuclei.
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- Laboratory of Theragnostics Research, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Toluca, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Toluca, Mexico
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Rivas-Rangel J, García-Arellano M, Marquez-Romero JM. Correlation between optic nerve sheath diameter and extracorporeal life support time. An Pediatr (Barc) 2022; 96:91-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anpede.2021.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Nomenclature for Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Unification of Clinical and Administrative Nomenclature - The 2021 International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code (IPCCC) and the Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Cardiol Young 2021; 31:1057-1188. [PMID: 34323211 DOI: 10.1017/s104795112100281x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Substantial progress has been made in the standardization of nomenclature for paediatric and congenital cardiac care. In 1936, Maude Abbott published her Atlas of Congenital Cardiac Disease, which was the first formal attempt to classify congenital heart disease. The International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code (IPCCC) is now utilized worldwide and has most recently become the paediatric and congenital cardiac component of the Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). The most recent publication of the IPCCC was in 2017. This manuscript provides an updated 2021 version of the IPCCC.The International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (ISNPCHD), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), developed the paediatric and congenital cardiac nomenclature that is now within the eleventh version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). This unification of IPCCC and ICD-11 is the IPCCC ICD-11 Nomenclature and is the first time that the clinical nomenclature for paediatric and congenital cardiac care and the administrative nomenclature for paediatric and congenital cardiac care are harmonized. The resultant congenital cardiac component of ICD-11 was increased from 29 congenital cardiac codes in ICD-9 and 73 congenital cardiac codes in ICD-10 to 318 codes submitted by ISNPCHD through 2018 for incorporation into ICD-11. After these 318 terms were incorporated into ICD-11 in 2018, the WHO ICD-11 team added an additional 49 terms, some of which are acceptable legacy terms from ICD-10, while others provide greater granularity than the ISNPCHD thought was originally acceptable. Thus, the total number of paediatric and congenital cardiac terms in ICD-11 is 367. In this manuscript, we describe and review the terminology, hierarchy, and definitions of the IPCCC ICD-11 Nomenclature. This article, therefore, presents a global system of nomenclature for paediatric and congenital cardiac care that unifies clinical and administrative nomenclature.The members of ISNPCHD realize that the nomenclature published in this manuscript will continue to evolve. The version of the IPCCC that was published in 2017 has evolved and changed, and it is now replaced by this 2021 version. In the future, ISNPCHD will again publish updated versions of IPCCC, as IPCCC continues to evolve.
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Raghavan KC, Hache M, Bulsara P, Lu Z, Rossi MG. Perianesthetic neurological adverse events in children: A review of the Wake-Up Safe Database. Paediatr Anaesth 2021; 31:594-603. [PMID: 33630312 DOI: 10.1111/pan.14165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Perianesthetic neurological adverse events are rare in children and have been studied in detail in the settings of cardiac surgery and regional anesthesia. Our study aims to characterize perianesthetic neurological adverse events in children in the setting of all types of surgery and diagnostic or interventional procedures, to evaluate anesthesia's role, and to identify factors amenable to prevention. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study by reviewing all the anesthetic encounters reported in the Wake-Up Safe database between January 2010 and December 2017. RESULTS The rate of perianesthetic neurological adverse events was 0.49 per 10 000 pediatric anesthetic encounters. The odds of NAE were significantly higher in children who were older than 6 months; had American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASA PS) of 3, 4, or 5; or had American Society of Anesthesiologists Emergency (ASA E) status. Seizures were the most common NAE. Overall, 23 (18.1%) children with neurological adverse events died, and 33 (26%) experienced permanent or severe permanent harm. The risk of death was higher in infants and in children with ASA PS of 3, 4, or 5; ASA E status; preexisting neurological abnormality; or preexisting neurological deficit and in events associated with cardiac arrest or trauma. Anesthesia contributed to 24 (18.9%) events; patient disease was the primary causative factor in 95 (74.8%) adverse events, and 37 (29.1%) events were preventable, including 2 deaths. Preventable factors broadly included inadequate preoptimization, complications during airway management and central venous catheter placement, and suboptimal patient positioning. CONCLUSION Perianesthetic neurological adverse events are rare in children and have a poor outcome. Our study has described pediatric perianesthetic neurological injury in detail and identified contributing factors that can be optimized during various phases of perianesthetic care. This information can be utilized during the informed consent process and to enhance the quality of care in children receiving anesthesia.
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- Kavitha C Raghavan
- Division of Anesthesiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Division of Anesthesiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Pulcine E, deVeber G. Neurologic complications of pediatric congenital heart disease. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2021; 177:1-13. [PMID: 33632428 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-819814-8.00010-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Improved medical management and surgical outcomes have significantly decreased mortality in children with congenital heart disease; however, with increased survival, there is a greater lifetime exposure to neurologic complications with serious long-term neurodevelopmental consequences. Thus, recent focus has shifted to recognition and reduction of these extracardiac comorbidities. Vascular and infective complications, such as arterial ischemic stroke, infective endocarditis, and localization-related epilepsy are some of the most common neurologic comorbidities of congenital heart disease. In addition, it is now well recognized that congenital heart disease has an impact on overall brain development and contributes to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes across multiple domains. The goal of this chapter is to summarize the most common neurologic comorbidities of congenital heart disease and its management.
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- Elizabeth Pulcine
- Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Rivas-Rangel J, García-Arellano M, Marquez-Romero JM. [Correlation between optic nerve sheath diameter and extracorporeal life support time]. An Pediatr (Barc) 2021; 96:S1695-4033(20)30521-X. [PMID: 33487565 DOI: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2020.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The objective of the study was to analyse the correlation between extracorporeal life support (ECLS) and aortic cross-clamp times and optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD). PATIENTS AND METHODS Study in a cohort of patients aged 0 to 15 years that underwent ECLS for cardiac surgery after obtention of signed informed consent. We calculated a sample size of 23 participants. First, we obtained 3 vertical and 3 horizontal measurements of the ONSD for each eye and calculated the mean of both eyes for each measurement to be used in the analysis. The measurements were made at admission and at 6 and 24hours post surgery. We retrieved the ECLS time and the aortic cross-clamp time were from the operative report. RESULTS We analysed data for 23 participants, 52.2% female, with a median age of 14 months. The median ECLS time was 60minutes; the median aortic cross-clamp time was 32minutes. The median baseline ONSD was 3.1mm. ONSD values had increased a median of 0.015mm at 6hours post surgery (P=.03). We found a positive correlation between ECLS time and ONSD values (r=0.476, p<,05). The ONSD values returned to baseline by 24hours post surgery. None of the patients developed signs or symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. CONCLUSION Our study found a correlation between ECLS time and ONSD at 24hours post surgery. We found variations in the ONSD even in patients without signs or symptoms of increased increased intracranial pressure. Further research is required to identify the factors related to these variations.
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- Jorge Rivas-Rangel
- Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Departamento de Pediatría, Centenario Hospital «Miguel Hidalgo», Aguascalientes, México
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- Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Departamento de Pediatría, Centenario Hospital «Miguel Hidalgo», Aguascalientes, México
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- Unidad de Neurología, Departamento de Medicina Interna, HGZ 2 Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Aguascalientes, México.
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Hudson E, Brown K, Pagel C, Wray J, Barron D, Rodrigues W, Stoica S, Tibby SM, Tsang V, Ridout D, Morris S. Costs of postoperative morbidity following paediatric cardiac surgery: observational study. Arch Dis Child 2020; 105:1068-1074. [PMID: 32381518 PMCID: PMC7588404 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Early mortality rates for paediatric cardiac surgery have fallen due to advancements in care. Alternative indicators of care quality are needed. Postoperative morbidities are of particular interest. However, while health impacts have been reported, associated costs are unknown. Our objective was to calculate the costs of postoperative morbidities following paediatric cardiac surgery. DESIGN Two methods of data collection were integrated into the main study: (1) case-matched cohort study of children with and without predetermined morbidities; (2) incidence rates of morbidity, measured prospectively. SETTING Five specialist paediatric cardiac surgery centres, accounting for half of UK patients. PATIENTS Cohort study included 666 children (340 with morbidities). Incidence rates were measured in 3090 consecutive procedures. METHODS Risk-adjusted regression modelling to determine marginal effects of morbidities on per-patient costs. Calculation of costs for hospital providers according to incidence rates. Extrapolation using mandatory audit data to report annual financial burden for the health service. OUTCOME MEASURES Impact of postoperative morbidities on per-patient costs, hospital costs and UK health service costs. RESULTS Seven of the 10 morbidity categories resulted in significant costs, with mean (95% CI) additional costs ranging from £7483 (£3-£17 289) to £66 784 (£40 609-£103 539) per patient. On average all morbidities combined increased hospital costs by 22.3%. Total burden to the UK health service exceeded £21 million each year. CONCLUSION Postoperative morbidities are associated with a significant financial burden. Our findings could aid clinical teams and hospital providers to account for costs and contextualise quality improvement initiatives.
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- Emma Hudson
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cardiorespiratory Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College of London, London, UK,Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Cardiorespiratory Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Paediatric Intensive care Unit, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Cardiorespiratory Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Paediatric Epidemiology Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Brown KL, Pagel C, Ridout D, Wray J, Tsang VT, Anderson D, Banks V, Barron DJ, Cassidy J, Chigaru L, Davis P, Franklin R, Grieco L, Hoskote A, Hudson E, Jones A, Kakat S, Lakhani R, Lakhanpaul M, McLean A, Morris S, Rajagopal V, Rodrigues W, Sheehan K, Stoica S, Tibby S, Utley M, Witter T. Early morbidities following paediatric cardiac surgery: a mixed-methods study. HEALTH SERVICES AND DELIVERY RESEARCH 2020. [DOI: 10.3310/hsdr08300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background
Over 5000 paediatric cardiac surgeries are performed in the UK each year and early survival has improved to > 98%.
Objectives
We aimed to identify the surgical morbidities that present the greatest burden for patients and health services and to develop and pilot routine monitoring and feedback.
Design and setting
Our multidisciplinary mixed-methods study took place over 52 months across five UK paediatric cardiac surgery centres.
Participants
The participants were children aged < 17 years.
Methods
We reviewed existing literature, ran three focus groups and undertook a family online discussion forum moderated by the Children’s Heart Federation. A multidisciplinary group, with patient and carer involvement, then ranked and selected nine key morbidities informed by clinical views on definitions and feasibility of routine monitoring. We validated a new, nurse-administered early warning tool for assessing preoperative and postoperative child development, called the brief developmental assessment, by testing this among 1200 children. We measured morbidity incidence in 3090 consecutive surgical admissions over 21 months and explored risk factors for morbidity. We measured the impact of morbidities on quality of life, clinical burden and costs to the NHS and families over 6 months in 666 children, 340 (51%) of whom had at least one morbidity. We developed and piloted methods suitable for routine monitoring of morbidity by centres and co-developed new patient information about morbidities with parents and user groups.
Results
Families and clinicians prioritised overlapping but also different morbidities, leading to a final list of acute neurological event, unplanned reoperation, feeding problems, renal replacement therapy, major adverse events, extracorporeal life support, necrotising enterocolitis, surgical infection and prolonged pleural effusion. The brief developmental assessment was valid in children aged between 4 months and 5 years, but not in the youngest babies or 5- to 17-year-olds. A total of 2415 (78.2%) procedures had no measured morbidity. There was a higher risk of morbidity in neonates, complex congenital heart disease, increased preoperative severity of illness and with prolonged bypass. Patients with any morbidity had a 6-month survival of 81.5% compared with 99.1% with no morbidity. Patients with any morbidity scored 5.2 points lower on their total quality of life score at 6 weeks, but this difference had narrowed by 6 months. Morbidity led to fewer days at home by 6 months and higher costs. Extracorporeal life support patients had the lowest days at home (median: 43 days out of 183 days) and highest costs (£71,051 higher than no morbidity).
Limitations
Monitoring of morbidity is more complex than mortality, and hence this requires resources and clinician buy-in.
Conclusions
Evaluation of postoperative morbidity provides important information over and above 30-day survival and should become the focus of audit and quality improvement.
Future work
National audit of morbidities has been initiated. Further research is needed to understand the implications of feeding problems and renal failure and to evaluate the brief developmental assessment.
Funding
This project was funded by the NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research programme and will be published in full in Health Services and Delivery Research; Vol. 8, No. 30. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.
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- Katherine L Brown
- Heart and Lung Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, London, UK
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- Population, Policy and Practice Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Heart and Lung Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Heart and Lung Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Departments of Paediatric Intensive Care, Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London, UK
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- Heart and Lung Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Departments of Intensive Care and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Departments of Intensive Care and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Heart and Lung Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Departments of Intensive Care and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
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- Paediatric Cardiology Department, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, London, UK
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- Heart and Lung Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Departments of Intensive Care and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Heart and Lung Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Departments of Paediatric Intensive Care, Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London, UK
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- Population, Policy and Practice Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
- Community Child Health, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive care, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Heart and Lung Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive care, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK
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- Departments of Intensive Care and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
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- Departments of Intensive Care and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
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- Departments of Paediatric Intensive Care, Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London, UK
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- Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, London, UK
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- Departments of Paediatric Intensive Care, Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London, UK
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BACKGROUND Morbidity is defined as a state of being unhealthy or of experiencing an aspect of health that is "generally bad for you", and postoperative morbidity linked to paediatric cardiac surgery encompasses a range of conditions that may impact the patient and are potential targets for quality assurance. METHODS As part of a wider study, a multi-disciplinary group of professionals aimed to define a list of morbidities linked to paediatric cardiac surgery that was prioritised by a panel reflecting the views of both professionals from a range of disciplines and settings as well as parents and patients. RESULTS We present a set of definitions of morbidity for use in routine audit after paediatric cardiac surgery. These morbidities are ranked in priority order as acute neurological event, unplanned re-operation, feeding problems, the need for renal support, major adverse cardiac events or never events, extracorporeal life support, necrotising enterocolitis, surgical site of blood stream infection, and prolonged pleural effusion or chylothorax. It is recognised that more than one such morbidity may arise in the same patient and these are referred to as multiple morbidities, except in the case of extracorporeal life support, which is a stand-alone constellation of morbidity. CONCLUSIONS It is feasible to define a range of paediatric cardiac surgical morbidities for use in routine audit that reflects the priorities of both professionals and parents. The impact of these morbidities on the patient and family will be explored prospectively as part of a wider ongoing, multi-centre study.
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Jafri SK, Ehsan L, Abbas Q, Ali F, Chand P, Ul Haque A. Frequency and Outcome of Acute Neurologic Complications after Congenital Heart Disease Surgery. J Pediatr Neurosci 2017; 12:328-331. [PMID: 29675070 PMCID: PMC5890551 DOI: 10.4103/jpn.jpn_87_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Objectives: To determine the frequency and immediate outcome of acute neurologic complications (ANCs) in children undergoing congenital heart surgery (CHS). Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, all patients undergoing CHS at our hospital from January 2007 to June 2016 were included. Patients were followed up for the development of seizures, altered level of consciousness (ALOC), abnormal movements, and stroke. Results are presented as mean with standard deviation and frequency with percentages. Results: Of 2000 patients who underwent CHS at our center during the study, 35 patients (1.75%) developed ANC. Seizures occurred in 28 (80%), ALOC in 5 (14%), clinical stroke in 2, brain death in 6 patients. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) were started in 32 patients, of which 13 patients required more than one AED. Mean length of stay was 10 ± 7.36 days. Of 35 patients who developed ANC, 7 expired during the study. Conclusion: Neurological complications are scarce but significant morbidity after CHS at our center.
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- Sidra Kaleem Jafri
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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Onwubiko C, Bairdain S, Murphy AJ, McSweeney ME, Perkins J, Rathod RH, Baird C, Smithers CJ. Laparoscopic Gastrojejunostomy Tube Placement in Infants with Congenital Cardiac Disease. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2015; 25:1047-50. [DOI: 10.1089/lap.2015.0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Chinwendu Onwubiko
- Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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The state of affairs of neurologic monitoring by near-infrared spectroscopy in pediatric cardiac critical care. Curr Opin Pediatr 2014; 26:299-303. [PMID: 24759229 DOI: 10.1097/mop.0000000000000098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The decreasing postoperative mortality in patients with congenital heart disease has enabled an increasing interest in preventing morbidity, especially from the central nervous system. Near-infrared spectroscopy, a noninvasive technology that provides an estimate of tissue oxygenation, has been introduced in the intensive care unit and has gained popularity over the last decade. This review aims to ascertain its ability to affect outcome. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies have started to incorporate cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy in the assessment, evolution, and outcomes of surgical patients with congenital heart disease. These studies often represent small single-center high-risk cohorts that are evaluated in a retrospective or an observational manner. Nevertheless, new data are starting to indicate that near-infrared spectroscopy may be helpful not only in the assessment of critical care parameters, such as cardiac output performance or likelihood of adverse events, but, most notably, in the long-term neurological outcome. SUMMARY In addition to additional corroborative trials from different centers, a critical question that remains to be answered is whether targeting cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy values, as part of goal-directed therapy protocols, can help to improve outcome overall.
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Tikkanen AU, Opotowsky AR, Bhatt AB, Landzberg MJ, Rhodes J. Physical activity is associated with improved aerobic exercise capacity over time in adults with congenital heart disease. Int J Cardiol 2013; 168:4685-91. [PMID: 23962775 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Revised: 06/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Impaired exercise capacity is common in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD). This impairment is progressive and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We studied the influence of the frequency of at least moderately strenuous physical activity (PhysAct) on changes in exercise capacity of ACHD patients over time. METHODS We studied ACHD patients ≥21 years old who had repeated maximal (RER≥1.09) cardiopulmonary exercise tests within 6 to 24 months. On the basis of data extracted from each patient's clinical records, PhysAct frequency was classified as (1) Low: minimal PhysAct, (2) Occasional: moderate PhysAct <2 times/week, or (3) Frequent: moderate PhysAct ≥2 times/week. RESULTS PhysAct frequency could be classified for 146 patients. Those who participated in frequent exercise tended to have improved pVO2 (∆pVO2=+1.63±2.67 ml/kg/min) compared to those who had low or occasional activity frequency (∆pVO2=+0.06±2.13 ml/kg/min, p=0.003) over a median follow-up of 13.2 months. This difference was independent of baseline clinical characteristics, time between tests, medication changes, or weight change. Those who engaged in frequent PhysAct were more likely to have an increase of pVO2 of ≥1SD between tests as compared with sedentary patients (multivariable OR=7.4, 95%CI 1.5-35.7). Aerobic exercise capacity also increased for patients who increased activity frequency from baseline to follow-up; 27.3% of those who increased their frequency of moderately strenuous physical activity had a clinically significant (at least +1SD) increase in pVO2 compared to only 11% of those who maintained or decreased activity frequency. CONCLUSIONS ACHD patients who engage in frequent physical activity tend to have improved exercise capacity over time.
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- Ana Ubeda Tikkanen
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital. This author takes responsibility for all aspects of the reliability and freedom from bias of the data presented and their discussed interpretation
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital. This author takes responsibility for all aspects of the reliability and freedom from bias of the data presented and their discussed interpretation
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- Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. This author takes responsibility for all aspects of the reliability and freedom from bias of the data presented and their discussed interpretation
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital. This author takes responsibility for all aspects of the reliability and freedom from bias of the data presented and their discussed interpretation
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital. This author takes responsibility for all aspects of the reliability and freedom from bias of the data presented and their discussed interpretation
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Fernández-Ramos JA, López-Laso E, Ordóñez-Díaz MD, Camino-León R, Ibarra-de la Rosa I, Frías-Pérez MA, Gilbert-Pérez JJ, Pérez-Navero JL. [Neurological complications in patients receiving solid organ transplants]. An Pediatr (Barc) 2012; 78:149-56. [PMID: 22974597 DOI: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2012.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2012] [Revised: 06/17/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Neurological complications (NC) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in paediatric patients receiving solid organ transplants. Our aim was to describe the experience of our hospital with NC in paediatric patients receiving heart, lung and liver transplants. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective study was conducted on 140 paediatric patients who received a solid organ transplant during the period 2000-2011. RESULTS A total of 23 paediatric solid organ transplant recipients (16.4% of cases), with a median age of 6 years, had NC. The symptoms were, in order of frequency: acute symptomatic seizures (12 patients); acute encephalopathy (11 patients); neuromuscular weakness (4 children), tremor (4 children), headache (2 children), neuropathic pain (2 children), and visual disturbances (2 children). The aetiologies of NC were: the neurotoxicity of the immunosuppressive drugs (12 patients), post-hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (6 patients), infections (2 cases), mechanical compression of peripheral nerve during surgery (2 cases), and a metabolic complication (1 case). The five patients who met the criteria of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome had a favourable outcome. Seven patients died, four of them due to hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. CONCLUSIONS NC are common in paediatric patients receiving heart, liver, lung, and renal transplants, with acute symptomatic seizures and acute encephalopathy being the most common clinical signs. No differences were found in the NC with the different types of transplants. Neurotoxicity of the immunosuppressive drugs and hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy were the main causes of NC, having different management and outcomes. The prognosis was favourable in most of the patients, except for those who had moderate or severe post-hypoxic-ischaemic damage.
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- J A Fernández-Ramos
- Unidad de Neurología Pediátrica, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España.
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Drake JM, Singhal A, Kulkarni AV, DeVeber G, Cochrane DD. Consensus definitions of complications for accurate recording and comparisons of surgical outcomes in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2012; 10:89-95. [PMID: 22725268 DOI: 10.3171/2012.3.peds11233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT Monitoring and recording of complications in pediatric neurosurgery are important for quality assurance and in particular for improving outcomes. Lack of accurate or mutually agreed upon definitions hampers this process and makes comparisons between centers, which is an important method to improve outcomes, difficult. Therefore, the Canadian Pediatric Neurosurgery Study Group created definitions of complications in pediatric neurosurgery with consensus among 13 Canadian pediatric neurosurgical centers. METHODS Definitions of complications were extracted from randomized trials, prospective data collection studies, and the medical literature. The definitions were presented at an annual meeting and were subsequently recirculated for anonymous comment and revision, assembled by a third party, and re-presented to the group for consensus. RESULTS Widely used definitions of shunt failure were extracted from previous randomized trials and prospective studies. Definitions for wound infections were extracted from the definitions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Postoperative neurological deficits were based on the Pediatric Stroke Outcome Measure. Other definitions were created and modified by consensus. These definitions are now currently in use across the Canadian Pediatric Neurosurgery Study Group centers in Morbidity and Mortality data collection and for subsequent comparison studies. CONCLUSIONS Coming up with consensus definitions of complications in pediatric neurosurgery is a first step in improving the quality of outcomes. It is a dynamic process, and further refinements are anticipated. Center to center comparison will hopefully allow significant variations in outcomes to be identified and acted upon.
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- James M Drake
- Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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BACKGROUND Advances in medical and surgical care have contributed to an important increase in the survival rates of children with congenital heart disease. However, survivors often have decreased exercise capacity and health-related issues that affect their quality of life. Cardiac Rehabilitation Programmes have been extensively studied in adults with acquired heart disease. In contrast, studies of children with congenital heart disease have been few and of limited scope. We therefore undertook a systematic review of the literature on cardiac rehabilitation in children with congenital heart disease to systematically assess the current evidence regarding the use, efficacy, benefits, and risks associated with this therapy and to identify the components of a successful programme. METHODS We included studies that incorporated a cardiac rehabilitation programme with an exercise training component published between January, 1981 and November, 2010 in patients under 18 years of age. RESULTS A total of 16 clinical studies were found and were the focus of this review. Heterogeneous methodology and variable quality was observed. Aerobic and resistance training was the core component of most studies. Diverse variables were used to quantify outcomes. No adverse events were reported. CONCLUSIONS Cardiac Rehabilitation Programmes in the paediatric population are greatly underutilised, and clinical research on this promising form of therapy has been limited. Questions remain regarding the optimal structure and efficacy of the programmes. The complex needs of this unique population also mandate that additional outcome measures, beyond serial cardiopulmonary exercise testing, be identified and studied.
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Holtby HM. Neurological injury and anesthetic neurotoxicity following neonatal cardiac surgery: does the head rule the heart or the heart rule the head? Future Cardiol 2012; 8:179-88. [DOI: 10.2217/fca.11.92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The improvements in care of children with heart disease have resulted in a major decrease in mortality and increased attention to adverse events and quality of survival. There is important neurological morbidity in children with congenital heart disease. Some problems such as stroke or seizure may be immediately apparent, but others, such as learning disability and motor delay emerge over time. The etiology is multifactorial and includes genetic, procedural and social causes. Only some factors are modifiable. Over the last decade, evidence has been presented that anesthetic drugs may be a potential cause of CNS morbidity. Neonates and infants may be particularly vulnerable to this. The purpose of this article is to describe the multiple known causes of neurodevelopmental impairment in children with heart disease, including anesthetic agents, and to explore the relationship between congenital heart disease and its treatment in this regard.
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- Helen M Holtby
- University of Toronto, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada
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Avila-Alvarez A, Gonzalez-Rivera I, Ferrer-Barba A, Portela-Torron F, Gonzalez-Garcia E, Fernandez-Trisac JL, Ramil-Fraga C. [Acute neurological complications after pediatric cardiac surgery: still a long way to go]. An Pediatr (Barc) 2011; 76:192-8. [PMID: 22056311 DOI: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2011.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2011] [Revised: 07/13/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION There has been an increasing concern over the neurological complications associated with congenital heart disease and cardiac surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS We performed a retrospective, case-control, observational review of the postoperative period in the intensive care unit of patients undergoing cardiac surgery over the past 10 years. We selected 2 control patients for each case, matched for surgical complexity. RESULTS A total of 900 patients were reviewed. We found 38 neurological complications (4.2%), of which 21 (55.3%) were in the peripheral nervous system and 17 (44.7%) in the central nervous system. The complications involving the central nervous system (1.9% of total) consisted of 8 seizures, 4 cerebrovascular accidents, 4 hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy events, and 1 reversible neurological deficit. At the time of discharge, 35.3% were symptomatic and 17.6% had died. Patients with neurological complications had a longer bypass time (P=.009), longer aortic cross time (P=.012), longer hospitalization in intensive care (P=.001), longer duration of mechanical ventilation (P=.004) and an increased number of days under inotropic support (P=.001). CONCLUSIONS Our incidence of neurological complications after cardiac surgery is similar to that previously described. Clinical seizures are the most common complication. Central nervous system complications are associated with a higher morbidity and hospitalization time. Units caring for patients with congenital heart disease must implement neurological monitoring during and after cardiac surgery to prevent and to detect these complications earlier.
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- A Avila-Alvarez
- Unidad de Neonatología, Servicio de Pediatría, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, España.
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Sable C, Foster E, Uzark K, Bjornsen K, Canobbio MM, Connolly HM, Graham TP, Gurvitz MZ, Kovacs A, Meadows AK, Reid GJ, Reiss JG, Rosenbaum KN, Sagerman PJ, Saidi A, Schonberg R, Shah S, Tong E, Williams RG. Best Practices in Managing Transition to Adulthood for Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: The Transition Process and Medical and Psychosocial Issues. Circulation 2011; 123:1454-85. [DOI: 10.1161/cir.0b013e3182107c56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 317] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Shahian DM, Edwards F, Grover FL, Jacobs JP, Wright CD, Prager RL, Rich JB, Mack MJ, Mathisen DJ. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Database: A continuing commitment to excellence. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 140:955-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2010] [Revised: 09/10/2010] [Accepted: 09/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Giroud JM, Jacobs JP, Spicer D, Backer C, Martin GR, Franklin RCG, Béland MJ, Krogmann ON, Aiello VD, Colan SD, Everett AD, William Gaynor J, Kurosawa H, Maruszewski B, Stellin G, Tchervenkov CI, Walters HL, Weinberg P, Anderson RH, Elliott MJ. Report From The International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2010; 1:300-13. [PMID: 23804886 DOI: 10.1177/2150135110379622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Tremendous progress has been made in the field of pediatric heart disease over the past 30 years. Although survival after heart surgery in children has improved dramatically, complications still occur, and optimization of outcomes for all patients remains a challenge. To improve outcomes, collaborative efforts are required and ultimately depend on the possibility of using a common language when discussing pediatric and congenital heart disease. Such a universal language has been developed and named the International Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code (IPCCC). To make the IPCCC more universally understood, efforts are under way to link the IPCCC to pictures and videos. The Archiving Working Group is an organization composed of leaders within the international pediatric cardiac medical community and part of the International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease ( www.ipccc.net ). Its purpose is to illustrate, with representative images of all types and formats, the pertinent aspects of cardiac diseases that affect neonates, infants, children, and adults with congenital heart disease, using the codes and definitions associated with the IPCCC as the organizational backbone. The Archiving Working Group certifies and links images and videos to the appropriate term and definition in the IPCCC. These images and videos are then displayed in an electronic format on the Internet. The purpose of this publication is to report the recent progress made by the Archiving Working Group in establishing an Internet-based, image encyclopedia that is based on the standards of the IPCCC.
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- Jorge M. Giroud
- The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), Division of Pediatric Cardiology, All Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Tampa, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology Associates/Pediatrix Medical Group, Saint Petersburg and Tampa, FL, USA
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- The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, All Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Tampa, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Cardiac Surgical Associates of Florida (CSSofF), Saint Petersburg and Tampa, FL, USA
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- The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), Division of Pediatric Cardiology, All Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Tampa, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology Associates/Pediatrix Medical Group, Saint Petersburg and Tampa, FL, USA
- The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, All Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Tampa, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Cardiac Surgical Associates of Florida (CSSofF), Saint Petersburg and Tampa, FL, USA
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- Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center for Heart, Lung and Kidney Disease, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Paediatric Cardiology–CHD, Heart Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany
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- Heart Institute (InCor), Sao Paulo University, School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Pediatric Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Warsaw, Poland
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- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, The Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Gerdes M, Flynn T. Clinical assessment of neurobehavioral outcomes in infants and children with congenital heart disease. PROGRESS IN PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2010.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Jacobs JP, Maruszewski B, Kurosawa H, Jacobs ML, Mavroudis C, Lacour-Gayet FG, Tchervenkov CI, Walters H, Stellin G, Ebels T, Tsang VT, Elliott MJ, Murakami A, Sano S, Mayer JE, Edwards FH, Quintessenza JA. Congenital heart surgery databases around the world: do we need a global database? Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2010; 13:3-19. [PMID: 20307856 DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The question posed in the title of this article is: "Congenital Heart Surgery Databases Around the World: Do We Need a Global Database?" The answer to this question is "Yes and No"! Yes--we need to create a global database to track the outcomes of patients with pediatric and congenital heart disease. No--we do not need to create a new "global database." Instead, we need to create a platform that allows for the linkage of currently existing continental subspecialty databases (and continental subspecialty databases that might be created in the future) that will allow for the seamless sharing of multi-institutional longitudinal data across temporal, geographical, and subspecialty boundaries. This review article will achieve the following objectives: (A) Consider the current state of analysis of outcomes of treatments for patients with congenitally malformed hearts. (B) Present some principles that might make it possible to achieve life-long longitudinal monitoring and follow-up. (C) Describe the rationale for the creation of a Global Federated Multispecialty Congenital Heart Disease Database. (D) Propose a methodology for the creation of a Global Federated Multispecialty Congenital Heart Disease Database that is based on linking together currently existing databases without creating a new database. To perform meaningful multi-institutional analyses, any database must incorporate the following six essential elements: (1) Use of a common language and nomenclature. (2) Use of a database with an established uniform core dataset for collection of information. (3) Incorporation of a mechanism to evaluate the complexity of cases. (4) Implementation of a mechanism to assure and verify the completeness and accuracy of the data collected. (5) Collaboration between medical and surgical subspecialties. (6) Standardization of protocols for life-long longitudinal follow-up. Analysis of outcomes must move beyond recording 30-day or hospital mortality, and encompass longer-term follow-up, including cardiac and non-cardiac morbidities, and importantly, those morbidities impacting health-related quality of life. Methodologies must be implemented in our databases to allow uniform, protocol-driven, and meaningful long-term follow-up. We need to create a platform that allows for the linkage of currently existing continental subspecialty databases (and continental subspecialty databases that might be created in the future) that will allow for the seamless sharing of multi-institutional longitudinal data across temporal, geographical, and subspecialty boundaries. This "Global Federated Multispecialty Congenital Heart Disease Database" will not be a new database, but will be a platform that effortlessly links multiple databases and maintains the integrity of these extant databases. Description of outcomes requires true multi-disciplinary involvement, and should include surgeons, cardiologists, anesthesiologists, intensivists, perfusionists, neurologists, educators, primary care physicians, nurses, and physical therapists. Outcomes should determine primary therapy, and as such must be monitored life-long. The relatively small numbers of patients with congenitally malformed hearts requires multi-institutional cooperation to accomplish these goals. The creation of a Global Federated Multispecialty Congenital Heart Disease Database that links extant databases from pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiac anesthesia, and pediatric critical care will create a platform for improving patient care, research, and teaching related to patients with congenital and pediatric cardiac disease.
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- Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs
- The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, All Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Tampa, and Department of Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 625 Sixth Ave. South, St Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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Hoskoppal A, Roberts H, Kugler J, Duncan K, Needelman H. Neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants after surgery for congenital heart disease: a comparison of single-ventricle vs. two-ventricle physiology. CONGENIT HEART DIS 2010; 5:90-5. [PMID: 20412480 DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00373.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The neurodevelopmental outcome of children with repaired congenital heart defect has risen in importance with improved survival. This study compares neurodevelopmental outcomes of children who had CHD with single ventricle physiology with those who had CHD with two-ventricle physiology. PATIENTS AND METHODS Participants included 112 infants discharged from the NICU between February 1999 to August 2006. The 12 infants who had a known genetic defect were excluded. Of the 100 infants 26 had single ventricle physiology and 74 had CHD with two-ventricle physiology. The children were seen in a follow-up clinic and growth parameters and standardized instruments were used to evaluate development. The referral rate to early intervention services was also compared. RESULTS The number of functional ventricles did not significantly differentiate growth parameters at 6-8 months of age. Early cognitive outcomes were relatively unimpaired in both the groups (single ventricle vs. two ventricle physiology). Early motor outcomes were worse in (p < 0.05) CHD with single ventricle physiology. The rate of referral for early intervention services was high in both groups compared to the average rate of referral in the state, but there was not a significant difference between the CHD groups. CONCLUSION Significant differences noted on motor outcomes at the 6-8 month visit were no longer apparent in later visits. Referral to early intervention services is high in both the groups. These findings are important to those caring for infants with CHD because many of these patients may need referral for early intervention.
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- Arvind Hoskoppal
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5380, USA
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Innovative strategies for feeding and nutrition in infants with congenitally malformed hearts. Cardiol Young 2009; 19 Suppl 2:90-5. [PMID: 19857355 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951109991673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Nomenclature and databases for the surgical treatment of congenital cardiac disease--an updated primer and an analysis of opportunities for improvement. Cardiol Young 2008; 18 Suppl 2:38-62. [PMID: 19063775 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951108003028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
This review discusses the historical aspects, current state of the art, and potential future advances in the areas of nomenclature and databases for the analysis of outcomes of treatments for patients with congenitally malformed hearts. We will consider the current state of analysis of outcomes, lay out some principles which might make it possible to achieve life-long monitoring and follow-up using our databases, and describe the next steps those involved in the care of these patients need to take in order to achieve these objectives. In order to perform meaningful multi-institutional analyses, we suggest that any database must incorporate the following six essential elements: use of a common language and nomenclature, use of an established uniform core dataset for collection of information, incorporation of a mechanism of evaluating case complexity, availability of a mechanism to assure and verify the completeness and accuracy of the data collected, collaboration between medical and surgical subspecialties, and standardised protocols for life-long follow-up. During the 1990s, both The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons created databases to assess the outcomes of congenital cardiac surgery. Beginning in 1998, these two organizations collaborated to create the International Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project. By 2000, a common nomenclature, along with a common core minimal dataset, were adopted by The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and published in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. In 2000, The International Nomenclature Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease was established. This committee eventually evolved into the International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. The working component of this international nomenclature society has been The International Working Group for Mapping and Coding of Nomenclatures for Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, also known as the Nomenclature Working Group. By 2005, the Nomenclature Working Group crossmapped the nomenclature of the International Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project of The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons with the European Paediatric Cardiac Code of the Association for European Paediatric Cardiology, and therefore created the International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code, which is available for free download from the internet at [http://www.IPCCC.NET]. This common nomenclature, the International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code, and the common minimum database data set created by the International Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project, are now utilized by both The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Between 1998 and 2007 inclusive, this nomenclature and database was used by both of these two organizations to analyze outcomes of over 150,000 operations involving patients undergoing surgical treatment for congenital cardiac disease. Two major multi-institutional efforts that have attempted to measure the complexity of congenital heart surgery are the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery-1 system, and the Aristotle Complexity Score. Current efforts to unify the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery-1 system and the Aristotle Complexity Score are in their early stages, but encouraging. Collaborative efforts involving The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons are under way to develop mechanisms to verify the completeness and accuracy of the data in the databases. Under the leadership of The MultiSocietal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, further collaborative efforts are ongoing between congenital and paediatric cardiac surgeons and other subspecialties, including paediatric cardiac anaesthesiologists, via The Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society, paediatric cardiac intensivists, via The Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, and paediatric cardiologists, via the Joint Council on Congenital Heart Disease and The Association for European Paediatric Cardiology. In finalizing our review, we emphasise that analysis of outcomes must move beyond mortality, and encompass longer term follow-up, including cardiac and non cardiac morbidities, and importantly, those morbidities impacting health related quality of life. Methodologies must be implemented in these databases to allow uniform, protocol driven, and meaningful, long term follow-up.
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