Current Challenges in the Treatment of the Omphalocele-Experience of a Tertiary Center from Romania.

ABSTRACT: Omphalocele is a congenital abdominal wall defect with a constant incidence in recent decades, sometimes representing a real burden for neonatal intensive care units due to prolonged hospitalization and the evolution to death. In our study, we aimed to detect the main risk factors of an unfavorable evolution in the case of omphalocele.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of all neonates with omphalocele treated in our tertiary pediatric hospital during the last three decades; from 158 patients, 139 patients were eligible for the study. We tried to determine the risk of death using logistic regression model.

Results

If the neonate develops sepsis, then there is an increased risk (13.03 times) of evolution to death. Similarly, the risk of death is 10.82 times higher in the case

SUBMITTER: Tarca E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9573750 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature