Risk factors for neurological complications and short-term outcomes after pediatric heart surgery: a retrospective analysis
Muhammad Shahzad,
Yasser Abdulrhman Alheraish,
Bushra Algethami
et al.
Abstract: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 in… Show more
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