Survival of infants born with esophageal atresia among 24 international birth defects surveillance programs.

Jane C BellGareth BaynamJorieke Elisabertha Hermina BergmanEva Bermejo-SánchezLorenzo D BottoMark A CanfieldSaeed DastgiriMiriam GattBoris GroismanPaula Hurtado-VillaKarin KallenBabak KhoshnoodVictoria KonradDanielle LandauJorge S Lopez-CameloLaura MartinezMargery MorganOsvaldo M Mutchinick Amy E Nance Wendy N NembhardAnna PieriniAnke RissmannXiaoyi ShanAntonin SipekElena SzabovaGiovanna TagliabueLyubov S YevtushokIgnacio ZaranteNatasha Nassar

Published in: Birth defects research (2021)

Almost all infants with isolated EA survived to 5 years. Mortality was higher for infants with EA and an additional anomaly, including chromosomal or genetic syndromes. Survival improved from the 1980s, particularly for those with additional anomalies.

Keyphrases

public health
gestational age
free survival
genome wide
cardiovascular events
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
low birth weight