Neurobehavioral abnormalities in newborns with congenital heart disease requiring open-heart surgery

J Pediatr. 2011 Apr;158(4):678-681.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.11.060. Epub 2011 Jan 13.

Abstract

In a prospective study, we evaluated the perioperative application of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale in a cohort of newborns with congenital heart disease (CHD). Infants with CHD were found to have suboptimal neurobehavioral performance compared with healthy infants without CHD, with particular vulnerability in the Regulation and Stress subscales.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Developmental Disabilities / etiology*
  • Female
  • Health Status Indicators
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Prospective Studies
  • Regression Analysis