Cardiovascular intensive care unit variables inform need for feeding tube utilization in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Feeding strategies in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) following stage 1 palliation (S1P) include feeding tube utilization (FTU). Timely identification of infants who will fail oral feeding could mitigate morbidity in this vulnerable population. We aimed to develop a novel clinical risk prediction score for FTU.

Methods

This was a retrospective study of infants with HLHS admitted to the Boston Children's Hospital cardiovascular intensive care unit for S1P from 2009 to 2019. Infants discharged with feeding tubes were compared with those on full oral feeds. Variables from early (birth to surgery), mid (postsurgery to cardiovascular intensive care unit transfer), and late (inpatient transfer to discharge) hospitalization were analyzed in univariate

SUBMITTER: Milligan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11872134 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature