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Risk Factors For Neurological Complications And Short-Term Outcomes After Pediatric Heart Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis, Muhammad Shahzad, Yasser Abdulrhman Alheraish, Bushra Algethami, Linah Abdulmohsen Algheryafi, Salma Kamel, Rawan Ghunaim, Zohair Yousef Alhalees
Risk Factors For Neurological Complications And Short-Term Outcomes After Pediatric Heart Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis, Muhammad Shahzad, Yasser Abdulrhman Alheraish, Bushra Algethami, Linah Abdulmohsen Algheryafi, Salma Kamel, Rawan Ghunaim, Zohair Yousef Alhalees
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Objective: To assess the risk factors associated with neurological complications and poor short-term outcomes following pediatric heart surgery.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a cardiac intensive care unit between June 2019 and June 2022. The data of all children less than 15 years old who underwent open-heart surgery and had CT brain were extracted from hospital records. The primary outcome was the incidence of CNS insult, and secondary outcomes included death after surgery, length of stay in ICU and hospital. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 23, and a p-value less than or equal to 0.05 was …