Development and Validation of a Risk Stratification Score for Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

Abstract

Our study demonstrates that, in addition to preoperative markers of critical illness (eg, inotropic support, mechanical ventilation, preoperative cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and acute or chronic kidney injury), the type of lesion (eg, single-ventricle physiology) and the functional severity of the heart disease (eg, severe CHD) are strong predictors of in-hospital mortality in children undergoing noncardiac surgery.