Etiological heterogeneity and clinical variability in newborns with esophageal atresia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to define different characteristics of infants with esophageal atresia and correlations with neonatal level of care, morbidity and mortality occurring during hospital stay.

Methods

Charts of all newborns with esophageal atresia (EA) admitted to our University NICU between January 2003 and November 2016 were reviewed and subdivided in four groups related to different clinical presentations; EA as an isolated form (A), with a concomitant single malformation (B), as VACTERL association (C), and in the context of a syndrome or an entity of multiple congenital anomalies (D).

Results

We recruited 67 infants with EA (with or without tracheoesophageal fistula), distributed in groups as follows: A 31.3%, B 16.4%, C 26.8% and D 25.3%. Type o

SUBMITTER: Piro E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5787270 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature