Amol Moray, Proscovia M Mugaba, Chloe Joynt, Angela McBrien, Luke G Eckersley, Ernest Phillipos, Paula Holinski, Lindsay Ryerson, James Yashu Coe, Sujata Chandra, Billy Wong, Michele Derbyshire, Maria Lefebvre, Mohammed Al Aklabi, Lisa K Hornberger
BACKGROUND: Distances between delivery and cardiac services can make the care of fetuses with cardiac disease at risk of acute cardiorespiratory instability at birth a challenge. In 2013 we implemented a fetal echocardiography-based algorithm targeting fetuses considered high risk for acute cardiorespiratory instability at ≤2 hours of birth for delivery in our pediatric cardiac operating room of our children's hospital, and, herein, examine our experience. METHODS AND RESULTS: We reviewed maternal and postnatal medical records of all fetuses with cardiac disease encountered January 2013 to March 2022 considered high risk for acute cardiorespiratory instability...
March 19, 2024: Journal of the American Heart Association