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Backer CL, Overman DM, Dearani JA, Romano JC, Tweddell JS, Kumar SR, Marino BS, Bacha EA, Jaquiss RDB, Zaidi AN, Gurvitz M, Costello JM, Pierick TA, Ravekes WJ, Reagor JA, St Louis JD, Spaeth J, Mahle WT, Shin AY, Lopez KN, Karamlou T, Welke KF, Bryant R, Husain SA, Chen JM, Kaza A, Wells WJ, Glatz AC, Cohen MI, McElhinney DB, Parra DA, Pasquali SK. Recommendations for centers performing pediatric heart surgery in the United States. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023; 166:1782-1820. [PMID: 37777958 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
Abstract
Care and outcomes for the more than 40,000 patients undergoing pediatric and congenital heart surgery in the United States annually are known to vary widely. While consensus recommendations have been published across numerous fields as one mechanism to promote a high level of care delivery across centers, it has been more than two decades since the last pediatric heart surgery recommendations were published in the United States. More recent guidance is lacking, and collaborative efforts involving the many disciplines engaged in caring for these children have not been undertaken to date. The present initiative brings together professional societies spanning numerous care domains and congenital cardiac surgeons, pediatric cardiologists, nursing, and other healthcare professionals from diverse programs around the country to develop consensus recommendations for United States centers. The focus of this initial work is on pediatric heart surgery, and it is recommended that future efforts focus in detail on the adult congenital population. We describe the background, rationale, and methodology related to this collaborative effort, and recommendations put forth for Essential Care Centers (essential services necessary for any program), and Comprehensive Care Centers (services to optimize comprehensive and high-complexity care), encompassing structure, process, and outcome metrics across 14 domains.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carl L Backer
- Department of Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Minnesota, Mayo Clinic-Children's Minnesota Cardiovascular Collaborative, Minneapolis, Minn
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- Department of Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, Charleston, SC
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, Md
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- Department of Cardiovascular Perfusion, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Anesthesia, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, Calif
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- Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC
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- Department of Surgery, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Ariz
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- Department of Surgery, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif
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- Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Mo
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- Department of Pediatrics, Inova Children's Hospital, Fairfax, Va
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, Calif
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, Tenn
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich
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Backer CL, Overman DM, Dearani JA, Romano JC, Tweddell JS, Kumar SR, Marino BS, Bacha EA, Jaquiss RDB, Zaidi AN, Gurvitz M, Costello JM, Pierick TA, Ravekes WJ, Reagor JA, St Louis JD, Spaeth J, Mahle WT, Shin AY, Lopez KN, Karamlou T, Welke KF, Bryant R, Husain SA, Chen JM, Kaza A, Wells WJ, Glatz AC, Cohen MI, McElhinney DB, Parra DA, Pasquali SK. Recommendations for Centers Performing Pediatric Heart Surgery in the United States. Ann Thorac Surg 2023; 116:871-907. [PMID: 37777933 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
Abstract
Care and outcomes for the more than 40,000 patients undergoing pediatric and congenital heart surgery in the United States annually are known to vary widely. While consensus recommendations have been published across numerous fields as one mechanism to promote a high level of care delivery across centers, it has been more than two decades since the last pediatric heart surgery recommendations were published in the United States. More recent guidance is lacking, and collaborative efforts involving the many disciplines engaged in caring for these children have not been undertaken to date. The present initiative brings together professional societies spanning numerous care domains and congenital cardiac surgeons, pediatric cardiologists, nursing, and other healthcare professionals from diverse programs around the country to develop consensus recommendations for United States centers. The focus of this initial work is on pediatric heart surgery, and it is recommended that future efforts focus in detail on the adult congenital population. We describe the background, rationale, and methodology related to this collaborative effort, and recommendations put forth for Essential Care Centers (essential services necessary for any program), and Comprehensive Care Centers (services to optimize comprehensive and high-complexity care), encompassing structure, process, and outcome metrics across 14 domains.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carl L Backer
- Department of Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Minnesota, Mayo Clinic-Children's Minnesota Cardiovascular Collaborative, Minneapolis, Minnesota
| | | | - Jennifer C Romano
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan
| | - James S Tweddell
- Department of Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
| | - S Ram Kumar
- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
| | - Bradley S Marino
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, New York
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- Department of Surgery, UT-Southwestern, Children's Health, Dallas, Texas
| | - Ali N Zaidi
- Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Cardiovascular Perfusion, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Inova Children's Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia
| | - James Spaeth
- Department of Anesthesia, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Geogria
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
| | - Karl F Welke
- Department of Surgery, Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, North Carolina
| | - Roosevelt Bryant
- Department of Surgery, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona
| | - S Adil Husain
- Department of Surgery, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pediatrics, Inova Children's Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Backer CL, Overman DM, Dearani JA, Romano JC, Tweddell JS, Ram Kumar S, Marino BS, Bacha EA, Jaquiss RDB, Zaidi AN, Gurvitz M, Costello JM, Pierick TA, Ravekes WJ, Reagor JA, St Louis JD, Spaeth J, Mahle WT, Shin AY, Lopez KN, Karamlou T, Welke KF, Bryant R, Adil Husain S, Chen JM, Kaza A, Wells WJ, Glatz AC, Cohen MI, McElhinney DB, Parra DA, Pasquali SK. Recommendations for Centers Performing Pediatric Heart Surgery in the United States. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2023; 14:642-679. [PMID: 37737602 DOI: 10.1177/21501351231190353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
Abstract
Care and outcomes for the more than 40,000 patients undergoing pediatric and congenital heart surgery in the United States annually are known to vary widely. While consensus recommendations have been published across numerous fields as one mechanism to promote a high level of care delivery across centers, it has been more than two decades since the last pediatric heart surgery recommendations were published in the United States. More recent guidance is lacking, and collaborative efforts involving the many disciplines engaged in caring for these children have not been undertaken to date. The present initiative brings together professional societies spanning numerous care domains and congenital cardiac surgeons, pediatric cardiologists, nursing, and other healthcare professionals from diverse programs around the country to develop consensus recommendations for United States centers. The focus of this initial work is on pediatric heart surgery, and it is recommended that future efforts focus in detail on the adult congenital population. We describe the background, rationale, and methodology related to this collaborative effort, and recommendations put forth for Essential Care Centers (essential services necessary for any program), and Comprehensive Care Centers (services to optimize comprehensive and high-complexity care), encompassing structure, process, and outcome metrics across 14 domains.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carl L Backer
- Department of Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Minnesota, Mayo Clinic-Children's Minnesota Cardiovascular Collaborative, Minneapolis, MN, USA
| | | | - Jennifer C Romano
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - James S Tweddell
- Department of Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
| | - S Ram Kumar
- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Bradley S Marino
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Emile A Bacha
- Department of Surgery, Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY, USA
| | - Robert D B Jaquiss
- Department of Surgery, UT-Southwestern, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA
| | - Ali N Zaidi
- Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
| | - Michelle Gurvitz
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
| | - John M Costello
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, Charleston, SC, USA
| | - Trudy A Pierick
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA, USA
| | - William J Ravekes
- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - James A Reagor
- Department of Cardiovascular Perfusion, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
| | - James D St Louis
- Department of Surgery, Inova Children's Hospital, Fairfax, VA, USA
| | - James Spaeth
- Department of Anesthesia, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
| | - William T Mahle
- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA
| | - Andrew Y Shin
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, CA, USA
| | - Keila N Lopez
- Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Tara Karamlou
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Karl F Welke
- Department of Surgery, Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC, USA
| | - Roosevelt Bryant
- Department of Surgery, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA
| | - S Adil Husain
- Department of Surgery, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Aditya Kaza
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Inova Children's Hospital, Fairfax, VA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Kasparian NA, Kovacs AH. Quality of life and other patient-reported outcomes across the lifespan among people with Fontan palliation. Can J Cardiol 2022; 38:963-976. [PMID: 35525399 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Traditional congenital heart disease (CHD) outcomes include mortality (survival to adulthood and life expectancy) as well as cardiac and non-cardiac morbidity. Strategies to identify and manage sequelae have primarily focused on objective data obtained though invasive and non-invasive diagnostic approaches. In contrast, patient-reported outcomes (PROs) provide subjective information, using standardized measures, about patients' health and wellbeing as reported directly by patients, without interpretation, interference, or assumptions made by clinicians or others. Selection of PRO measures entails thoughtful consideration of who the individuals being surveyed are, why assessment is occurring (e.g., what are the domains of interest; clinical vs. research), and what processes are in place for acquisition, administration, interpretation, and response. In this review, we focus on three domains of PROs for pediatric and adult patients with Fontan physiology: physical health status, psychological functioning, and quality of life (QOL). Infants, children, adolescents, and adults with CHD face a spectrum of challenges that may influence PROs across the lifespan. In general, patients with Fontan palliation tend to have lower physical health status, experience more psychological distress, and have equivalent or reduced QOL compared to healthy peers. Herein, we provide an overview of PROs among people with Fontan circulation as a group, yet simultaneously emphasize that the optimal way to understand the experiences of any individual patient is to ask and listen. We also offer clinical and research initiatives to improve the adoption and utility of PROs in CHD settings, which demonstrate commitment to capturing, understanding, and responding to the patient voice.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nadine A Kasparian
- Center for Heart Disease and Mental Health, Heart Institute and the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
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