Variation in perioperative care across centers for infants undergoing the Norwood procedure

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 144; no. 4; pp. 915 - 921
• Main Authors: Pasquali, Sara K., Ohye, Richard G., Lu, Minmin, Kaltman, Jonathan, Caldarone, Christopher A., Pizarro, Christian, Dunbar-Masterson, Carolyn, Gaynor, J. William, Jacobs, Jeffrey P., Kaza, Aditya K., Newburger, Jane, Rhodes, John F., Scheurer, Mark, Silver, Eric, Sleeper, Lynn A., Tabbutt, Sarah, Tweddell, James, Uzark, Karen, Wells, Winfield, Mahle, William T., Pearson, Gail D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.10.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Blalock-Taussig Procedure - adverse effects; Blalock-Taussig Procedure - mortality; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Cause of Death; Heart Defects, Congenital - mortality; Heart Defects, Congenital - physiopathology; Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery; Heart Ventricles - abnormalities; Heart Ventricles - physiopathology; Heart Ventricles - surgery; Hemodynamics; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - mortality; Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - physiopathology; Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - surgery; Infant Mortality; Infant, Newborn; Medical sciences; North America; Norwood Procedures - adverse effects; Norwood Procedures - mortality; Perioperative Care - statistics & numerical data; Pneumology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Postoperative Complications - mortality; Prospective Studies; Quality of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Ventricular Function; North America; 4.4; ICU; IQR; DHCA; 20; RCP; SVR; Single Ventricle Reconstruction [trial]; deep hypothermic cardiac arrest; intensive care unit; interquartile range; regional cerebral perfusion; Human; Perioperative; Center; Variations; Anesthesia; Infant; Procedure; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Care

In the Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial, infants undergoing the Norwood procedure were randomly allocated to undergo a right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery shunt or a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Apart from shunt type, subjects received the local standard of care. We evaluated variation in pe...