Predictors of Postoperative Rehabilitation Therapy Following Congenital Heart Surgery

Autor: Ana Ubeda Tikkanen, Meena Nathan, Lynn A. Sleeper, Marisa Flavin, Ana Lewis, Donna Nimec, John E. Mayer, Pedro del Nido
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 7, Iss 10 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2047-9980
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.117.008094
Popis: BackgroundPatients with congenital heart disease are at risk of motor, cognitive, speech, and feeding difficulties after cardiac surgery. Rehabilitation therapy could improve functional outcomes in this population if applied in the acute postcardiac surgical in‐hospital stay. However, information on the types of acute postcardiac surgery therapy needs in children is scarce. Our goal was to describe rehabilitation therapy following congenital heart surgery and pre/intraoperative factors associated with need for therapy. Methods and ResultsThis is a retrospective cohort study of patients
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