Acute abdominal pathology requiring surgical intervention in neonates and infants with congenital heart defects
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This retrospective study examines the association between congenital heart defects and abdominal pathology requiring surgical intervention in neonates and infants. The focus of this study was on patients admitted to Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) between January 1st, 2010 and July 31st, 2023. 936 patients having had a cardiac procedure and abdominal diagnosis of interest were admitted to BCH within the desired date range. This list of 936 patients was filtered down to 16 pateints of interest that had specifically undergone a cardiac procedure and an abdominal diagnosis requiring urgent and emergent surgical intervention. Upon the identificiation of this cohort of 16 patients, each patient’s data of interest, such as demograpghic data, cardiac procedure data, abdominal procedure data, nutritional management data, and outcome data, was obtained and entered into research electronic database capture (REDCap) system. A statistical analysis was performed and results were strictly descriptive. Limitations such as the small patient population hindered the ability to make statistical claims. Reccomendations for further studies or analyses have been provided.
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2024