Background The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated major re-allocation of health care
services. Our aim was to assess the impact on pediatric procedures for congenital heart …

Risk-adjusted survival statistics after children's heart surgery are published annually in the
United Kingdom. Interpreting these statistics is difficult, and better resources about how to …

Introduction: Mortality has traditionally been perceived as a straightforward measure of
outcome and has been used to evaluate surgical performance. In the rapidly developing …

Objectives: Colloid osmotic pressure (COP) is a major determinant of fluid shift in paediatric
patients undergoing corrective surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) using …

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common congenital defects and affect
approximately one percent of newborns. Despite screening programs, enhanced …

Aims Updated knowledge on the rates and causes of death among children with severe
congenital heart defects (CHDs) is needed to further improve treatment and survival. This …

Objective Early mortality rates for paediatric cardiac surgery have fallen due to
advancements in care. Alternative indicators of care quality are needed. Postoperative …

Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a range of structural anomalies of the heart,
which affect around 1% of births. Individuals with CHD often require complex life‐saving …

Background Every year 1.35 million neonates are born with a congenital heart defect; in
addition, more than 350,000 children worldwide acquire heart disease. The majority of these …

Objective: To present primary causes of in-hospital mortality in large surgical population who
underwent surgical correction for CHDs for the period of a decade at our institute. Methods …