Feeding After Neonate Surgery Review

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Congenital Disorders

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00229866

04-072

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose is to determine what factors, if any, lead to delayed feeding, discharge with a NG tube, G-tube placement or Nissen fundoplication.

Full description

The purpose is to determine what factors, if any, lead to delayed feeding, discharge with a NG tube, G-tube placement or Nissen fundoplication. Will review the newborn database (Lumedx as most interested in those children who have never been fed prior to their cardiac surgery. The medical charts will be reviewed at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston Hospital. Approximately 90 charts will be reviewed for newborns undergoing surgery in the 2003 calendar year.

The factors that will be reviewed are pre-op feeding regimen, diagnosis, single vs two ventricle, open vs closed heart procedure, length of bypass, level of hypothermia, circulatory arrest, presence of TEE probe and post-op ventilation.

Enrollment

90 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria