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Endocrinal complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease: consensus definitions from the Multi-Societal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Part of: The International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (ISNPCHD)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2008

Heather Dickerson ,
David S. Cooper ,
Paul A. Checchia  and
David P. Nelson
Heather Dickerson*
Affiliation:
Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
David S. Cooper
Affiliation:
The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), Division of Critical Care, All Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Tampa, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Florida Pediatric Associates, Saint Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Paul A. Checchia
Affiliation:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri, United States of America
David P. Nelson
Affiliation:
Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
*
Correspondence to: Heather Dickerson, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, 6621 Fannin St, MC 19345-C, Houston, TX 77030, United States of America. Tel: 001-832-826-5637; Fax: 001-832-825-5630; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

A complication is an event or occurrence that is associated with a disease or a healthcare intervention, is a departure from the desired course of events, and may cause, or be associated with, suboptimal outcome. A complication does not necessarily represent a breech in the standard of care that constitutes medical negligence or medical malpractice. An operative or procedural complication is any complication, regardless of cause, occurring (1) within 30 days after surgery or intervention in or out of the hospital, or (2) after 30 days during the same hospitalization subsequent to the operation or intervention. Operative and procedural complications include both intraoperative/intraprocedural complications and postoperative/postprocedural complications in this time interval.

The MultiSocietal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease has set forth a comprehensive list of complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease, related to cardiac, pulmonary, renal, haematological, infectious, neurological, gastrointestinal, and endocrinal systems, as well as those related to the management of anaesthesia and perfusion, and the transplantation of thoracic organs. The objective of this manuscript is to examine the definitions of operative morbidity as they relate specifically to the endocrine system. These specific definitions and terms will be used to track morbidity associated with surgical and transcatheter interventions and other forms of therapy in a common language across many separate databases.

As surgical survival in children with congenital cardiac disease has improved in recent years, focus has necessarily shifted to reducing the morbidity of congenital cardiac malformations and their treatment. A comprehensive list of endocrinal complications is presented. This list is a component of a systems-based compendium of complications that will standardize terminology and thereby allow the study and quantification of morbidity in patients with congenital cardiac malformations. Clinicians caring for patients with congenital cardiac disease will be able to use this list for databases, initiatives to improve quality, reporting of complications, and comparing strategies of treatment.

Keywords

Congenital heart diseasequality improvementpatient safetyoutcomesregistryoperative morbiditypaediatricsurgerycongenital abnormalitiescardiac surgical proceduresendocrine complicationsthyroid dysfunctionadrenal dysfunctionhyperglycaemiavasopressincardiac post-operative
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Original Article
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 18 , Issue S2: Databases and the assessment of complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease , December 2008 , pp. 256 - 264
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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