Airway Anomalies in Pediatric Patients After Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease: Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study, Taiwan 2017-2020.
Jeng-Hung WuEn-Ting WuHeng-Wen ChouChing-Chia WangFrank Leigh LuYi-Chia WangChi-Hisang HuangShyh-Jye ChenYih-Sharng ChenShu-Chien HuangPublished in: Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (2024)
In our single-center retrospective study, 2017-2020, between one-in-five and one-in-four of our postoperative CHD patients undergoing an airway evaluation had airway anomalies. Factors associated with greater odds of airway anomaly included, those with premature birth, or genetic syndromes, and preoperative ventilator use. Overall, in patients undergoing airway evaluation, the finding of an airway anomalies was associated with longer postoperative intubation duration and greater hazard of intermediate mortality.