Characteristics and Outcomes of Heart Failure–Related Intensive Care Unit Admissions in Children With Cardiomyopathy

• Published in: Journal of cardiac failure Vol. 19; no. 10; pp. 672 - 677
• Main Authors: Shamszad, Pirouz, MD, Hall, Matthew, PhD, Rossano, Joseph W., MD, Denfield, Susan W., MD, Knudson, Jarrod D., MD, PhD, Penny, Daniel J., MD, PhD, Towbin, Jeffrey A., MD, Cabrera, Antonio G., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Cardiomyopathies - diagnosis; Cardiomyopathies - epidemiology; Cardiomyopathies - therapy; Cardiovascular; Child; Child, Preschool; Databases, Factual; Female; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart Failure - epidemiology; Heart Failure - therapy; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; inpatient; Intensive Care Units - trends; Male; mortality; Patient Admission - trends; Pediatrics; Treatment Outcome; mortality; Pediatrics; inpatient

Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to describe patient characteristics and outcomes of heart failure (HF)–related intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalizations in children with cardiomyopathy (CM). Methods and Results A query of the Pediatric Health Information System database, a large ad...