Debbie Long, Vicki A Anderson, Louise Crossley, Nikita Tuli Sood, Karina R Charles, Anna D MacDonald, Samudragupta Bora, Carmela F Pestell, Kathryn Murrell, Natalie A Pride, Peter J Anderson, Nadia Badawi, Brian Rose, Heidi Baillie, Kate Masterson, Jenipher Chumbes Flores, Claire Sherring, Sainath Raman, John Beca, Simon Erickson, Marino Festa, Benjamin W Anderson, Prem Venugopal, Deane Yim, David Andrews, Michael Cheung, Christian Brizard, Thomas L Gentles, Ajay Iyengar, Ian Nicholson, Julian Ayer, Warwick Butt, Luregn J Schlapbach, Kristen S Gibbons
INTRODUCTION: Despite growing awareness of neurodevelopmental impairments in children with congenital heart disease (CHD), there is a lack of large, longitudinal, population-based cohorts. Little is known about the contemporary neurodevelopmental profile and the emergence of specific impairments in children with CHD entering school. The performance of standardised screening tools to predict neurodevelopmental outcomes at school age in this high-risk population remains poorly understood...
August 30, 2023: BMJ Open