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Table 3 Neonatal Outcomes (N = 79)

From: Critical congenital heart disease: contemporary prenatal screening performance and outcomes in a multi-centre perinatology service

Outcome 

All

(N = 79)

Lt Duct Dependant heart

(N = 30)

Rt Duct Dependant heart

(N = 32)

TGA (N = 15)

Congenital Heart Block

(N = 2)

Gestational age at delivery

38.3 (1.7)

38.5 (1.9)

38.2 (1.5)

38.4 (1.8)

37.1 (0.4)

Birthweight

3.1 (0.7)

3.1 (0.7)

3.0 (0.6)

3.2 (0.6)

2.3 (0.0)

Palliative care prenatally

11 (14%)

6 (20%)

5 (16%)

0

0

Palliative care postnatallyb

15 (19%)

6 (20%)

8 (25%)

1 (7%)

0

Prostin given

48 (61%)

16 (53%)

17 (53%)

15 (100%)

0

Transferred to Crumlin

62 (78%)

22 (73%)

23 (72%)

15 (100%)

2 (100%)

Day of transfer

2.1 (4.0)

2.1 (2.9)

2.9 (5.9)

1.3 (0.8)

1.0 (0.0)

Urgent cardiac catheterization

36 (46%)

9 (30%)

19 (59%)

8 (53%)

0

Surgery performed

53 (67%)

17 (57%)

21 (66%)

13 (87%)

2 (100%)

Surgery or catheterisation

55 (70%)

17 (57%)

23 (72%)

13 (87%)

2 (100%)

Surgery and catheterisation

33 (42%)

9 (30%)

16 (50%)

8 (53%)

0

Duration of 1st hospital stay

24.1 (32)

20.6 (28)

23.0 (39)

30.9 (31)

17.0 (4.2)

Survival at 28 days post-catheterisation/surgerya

49(89%)

16 (94%)

19 (83%)

12 (92%)

2 (100%)

Survival at 1-year post-surgerya

47(85%)

15 (88%)

18 (78%)

12 (92%)

2 (100%)

  1. n (%) is presented for categorical data and mean (SD) for numeric data
  2. aDenominator = infants who underwent surgery/catheterisation (N = 55)
  3. bSome babies were deemed palliative postnatally after evaluation in cardiac care unit or after catheterisation