Airway Anomalies in Pediatric Patients After Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease: Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study, Taiwan, 2017-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Airway anomalies increase risk of morbidity and mortality in postoperative pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). We aimed to identify airway anomalies and the association with intermediate outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for CHD.

Design

Single-center, hospital-based retrospective study in Taiwan, 2017-2020.

Setting

A tertiary referral hospital in Taiwan.

Patients

All pediatric patients who underwent surgery for CHD and were admitted to the PICU and had data about airway evaluation by cardiopulmonary CT scan or bronchoscopy.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Among 820 CHD patients identified as having undergone airway evaluation in the PICU, 185 (22.6%) were diagnosed with airway anomalies, inclu

SUBMITTER: Wu JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11527375 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature