Cardiac-related neonatal collapse presenting to the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To describe the characteristics of cardiac-related neonatal collapses referred to a critical care transport service and evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and management at referral and retrieval.

Methods

Retrospective cohort analysis of cardiac-related neonatal collapses who were referred to and transferred by a paediatric intensive care retrieval team based in London, UK between 2013 and 2021. Patients with antenatal diagnoses were excluded.

Results

There were 71 neonates identified of whom 49 (69%) had structural heart defect, 12 (17%) arrhythmia and 10 (14%) with cardiomyopathy/myocarditis. Among structural defects, left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction (71%) and mixing of circulation (22%) were the predominant pathologies. Cardiac murmur was

SUBMITTER: Kuok MCI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836824 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature