Interstage outcomes in single ventricle patients undergoing hybrid stage 1 palliation.

Objective: Interstage readmissions are common in infants with single ventricle congenital heart disease undergoing staged surgical palliation. We retrospectively examined readmissions during the interstage period.

Design: Retrospective analysis.

Reducing variation in feeding newborns with congenital heart disease.

Objective: Enteral feeding is associated with decreased infection rates, decreased mechanical ventilation, decreased hospital length of stay, and improved wound healing. Enteral feeding difficulties are common in congenital heart disease. Our objective was to develop experience-based newborn feeding guidelines for the initiation and advancement of enteral feeding in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit.

Results of a Feeding Protocol in Patients Undergoing the Hybrid Procedure.

Neonates with single-ventricle physiology are at increased risk of developing gastrointestinal morbidities. Feeding protocols in this patient population have been shown to decrease feeding complications after the Norwood procedure, but no data exist to determine the effectiveness of a feeding protocol in patients undergoing the hybrid procedure. Goal of this study was to examine the impact of a standardized feeding protocol on the incidence of overall postoperative gastrointestinal morbidity after the hybrid procedure.