Development of a Cardiac Anesthesia Tool (CAT) to Predict Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Admission for Pediatric Cardiac Patients Undergoing Non-cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background And Aim: of the work: Pediatric cardiac patients often undergo non-cardiac surgical procedures and many of these patients would require intensive care unit admission, but can we predict the need for ICU admission in pediatric cardiac patients undergoing non-cardiac procedures. Numerous preoperative and intraoperative variables were strongly associated with ICU admission. Given the variations in the underlying cardiac physiology and the diversity of noncardiac surgical procedures along with the scarce predictive clinical tools, we aimed to develop a simple and practical tool to predict the need for ICU admission in pediatric cardiac patients undergoing non-cardiac procedures.