Variation in perioperative care across centers for infants undergoing the Norwood procedure.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In the Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial, infants undergoing the Norwood procedure were randomly allocated to undergo a right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery shunt or a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Apart from shunt type, subjects received the local standard of care. We evaluated variation in perioperative care during the Norwood hospitalization across 14 trial sites.

Methods

Data on preoperative, operative, and postoperative variables for 546 enrolled subjects who underwent the Norwood procedure were collected prospectively on standardized case report forms, and variation across the centers was described.

Results

Gestational age, birth weight, and proportion with hypoplastic left heart syndrome were similar across sites. In contrast, all recorded varia

SUBMITTER: Pasquali SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3444656 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature