Postoperative health-related quality of life in children with congenital heart disease: a short-term follow-up study.

Objective: This study aimed to explore changes in health-related quality of life in children with congenital heart disease from pre-surgery to 6 months after surgery.

Methods: A total of 87 children aged 2-12 years who underwent cardiac surgery in a provincial hospital in China from January 2021 to June 2021 were selected. After 6 months, the quality of life of all children was retrospectively analyzed.

A Heart Failure Model Established by Pressure Overload Caused by Abdominal Aortic Contraction in Rat.

Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome in which ventricular filling or ejection capacity is impaired due to structural or functional diseases of the heart. In order to establish a stable heart failure model, we investigated cardiac parameters in rats with abdominal aortic contraction and normal rats, including the left ventricular posterior wall diameter (LVPWd), the interventricular septum thickness of end-diastolic (IVSd), the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDd), the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS). Rats were randomly divided into experimental group ( = 20) and control group ( = 20).

The effects of eye masks on post-operative sleep quality and pain in school-age children with CHD.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the effects of eye masks on the sleep quality and pain of school-age children with CHD after surgery.

Methods: Forty school-age children with CHD who underwent open-heart surgery in the Cardiac Surgery Department of a provincial hospital in China from January 2020 to December 2020 were selected. The children were randomly divided into the experimental group (n = 20) and the control group (n = 20).

Effect of WeChat follow-up education on breastfeeding efficiency of infants after congenital cardiac surgery and parents' satisfaction: A short-term follow-up study.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the impact of WeChat follow-up education on infants' breastfeeding efficiency after congenital cardiac surgery and parents' satisfaction.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted in a provincial hospital in China. Sixty participants were divided into two groups: 30 participants in the study group received WeChat follow-up health education, and 30 participants in the control group received postoperative routine nursing education for infants after congenital cardiac surgery.

Comparison of the Effect of Breast Milk and Sodium Bicarbonate Solution for Oral Care in Infants with Tracheal Intubation After Cardiothoracic Surgery.

This study aimed to explore the effect of breast milk and sodium bicarbonate solution used in oral care of infants with tracheal intubation after cardiothoracic surgery. A randomized clinical controlled trial was conducted in a provincial hospital in China. Fifty infantile patients were randomly divided into two groups: the patients in the study group ( = 25) used breast milk for oral care and the patients in the control group ( = 25) used sodium bicarbonate solution for oral care.

The effect of music therapy on pain, anxiety and depression in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of music therapy on pain, anxiety and depression in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Methods: A retrospective study of 99 patients after coronary artery bypass from January 2017 to January 2019 was conducted in a cardiac center in China. According to the different interventions, all the participants were divided into 3 groups: group A: music therapy; group B: rest without music therapy; and group C: conventional treatment.