COVID-19 international experience in paediatric patients with congenital heart disease

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OBJECTIVE: As COVID-19 continues to affect the global population, it is crucial to study the impact of the disease in vulnerable populations. This study of a diverse, international cohort aims to provide timely, experiential data on the course of disease in paediatric patients with congenital heart disease (CHD).

METHODS: Data were collected by capitalising on two pre-existing CHD registries, the International Quality Improvement Collaborative for Congenital Heart Disease: Improving Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and the Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes. 35 participating sites reported data for all patients under 18 years of age with diagnosed CHD and known COVID-19 illness during 2020 identified at their institution. Patients were classified as low, moderate or high risk for moderate or severe COVID-19 illness based on patient anatomy, physiology and genetic syndrome using current published guidelines. Association of risk factors with hospitalisation and intensive care unit (ICU) level care were assessed.

RESULTS: The study included 339 COVID-19 cases in paediatric patients with CHD from 35 sites worldwide. Of these cases, 84 patients (25%) required hospitalisation, and 40 (12%) required ICU care. Age <1 year, recent cardiac intervention, anatomical complexity, clinical cardiac status and overall risk were all significantly associated with need for hospitalisation and ICU admission. A multivariable model for ICU admission including clinical cardiac status and recent cardiac intervention produced a c-statistic of 0.86.

CONCLUSIONS: These observational data suggest risk factors for hospitalisation related to COVID-19 in paediatric CHD include age, lower functional cardiac status and recent cardiac interventions. There is a need for further data to identify factors relevant to the care of patients with CHD who contract COVID-19 illness.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:109

Enthalten in:

Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 109(2023), 9 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 710-718

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yeh, Mary J [VerfasserIn]
Bergersen, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Gauvreau, Kimberlee [VerfasserIn]
Barry, Oliver M [VerfasserIn]
Batlivala, Sarosh P [VerfasserIn]
Bjornlund, Elsa [VerfasserIn]
Boe, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Caneo, Luiz Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Croti, Ulisses A [VerfasserIn]
Doyle, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Furnaz, Shumaila [VerfasserIn]
Moraes, Rodrigo Cesar [VerfasserIn]
O'Byrne, Michael L [VerfasserIn]
de Oliveira Paes, Erica [VerfasserIn]
Palacios-Macedo, Alexis [VerfasserIn]
Pechilkov, Dimitar [VerfasserIn]
Sandoval, Nestor Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Sen, Supratim [VerfasserIn]
Stajevic, Mila [VerfasserIn]
Travessa, Marco Antonio Ferreira [VerfasserIn]
Jenkins, Kathy J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Global Health
Heart Defects, Congenital
Journal Article
Risk Factors

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Date Completed 14.04.2023

Date Revised 28.04.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321208

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351092730