Care of children who have had surgery for congenital heart disease.
Children who have had surgical correction for congenital heart disease can present to the ED with an acute illness that could be associated with their cardiac lesion. There is no data available to summarize complications that could be associated with surgically corrected congenital heart disease. This work was undertaken to describe the common procedures used, list known complications of these procedures, and review general management principles in caring for the acutely ill child who has had heart surgery.
Woods
William A
WA
Department of Emergency Medicine, PO Box 800699, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. waw9h@virginia.edu
Schutte
Deborah A
DA
McCulloch
Michael A
MA
D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy