Neonatal cardiac surgery in low resource settings: implications of birth weight

ObjectiveWe sought to evaluate the association between low birth weight (LBW) and outcomes following neonatal cardiac surgery in a low-income and middle-income country setting where LBW prevalence is high and its impact on surgical outcomes is undefined.DesignSingle-centre retrospective cohort study...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2020-12, Vol.105 (12), p.1140-1145
Main Authors: Gunasekara, Chamith Mendis, Moynihan, Katie, Sudhakar, Abish, Sunil, Gopalraj Sumangala, Kotayil, Brijesh P, Bayya, Praveen Reddy, Kumar, Raman Krishna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Birth Weight
Developing Countries
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital - mortality
Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery
Hospital Mortality
Humans
India
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Male
Palliative Care - statistics & numerical data
Premature Birth - mortality
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:ObjectiveWe sought to evaluate the association between low birth weight (LBW) and outcomes following neonatal cardiac surgery in a low-income and middle-income country setting where LBW prevalence is high and its impact on surgical outcomes is undefined.DesignSingle-centre retrospective cohort study.SettingReferral paediatric hospital in Southern IndiaPatientsAll neonatal cardiac surgical cases between January 2011 and December 2018. LBW was defined as
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2020-319161