Intubation and Lower Saturation in the Delivery Room are Associated with Balloon Atrial Septostomy in Neonates with Transposition of the Great Arteries.
Maria NiccumRussell A KesmanAnne M AdesAnna L BostwickMadeline DombroskiSabrina FlohrElizabeth E FogliaLeny MathewMichael L O'ByrneMaria OrdonezTom ReynoldsNatalie E RintoulJonathan J RomeJack RychikAmanda J ShillingfordMaryam Y NaimPublished in: The Journal of pediatrics (2024)
Intubation and lower oxygen saturation in the DR are independently associated with BAS in patients with TGA born at our center. A maximum DR saturation of less than 86% best discriminates patients who undergo BAS in our population.