July 25, 2012Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and OutcomesOpen Access

Demographics, Trends, and Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Myocarditis in the United States, 2006 to 2011

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514 pediatric patients with acute myocarditis identified from the Pediatric Health Information System…

Design

Cohort

Authors

SGSunil J. GhelaniPediatric Cardiology MSMichael C. SpaederUniversity of Virginia Medical Center WPWilliam A. PastorMcGill University

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Implication

Identifies high-risk pediatric myocarditis patients for closer surveillance; hypothesis-generating for management strategies in this observational cohort.

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Population

514 pediatric patients with acute myocarditis identified from the Pediatric Health Information System database (April 2006 to March 2011) in the United States.

Outcome

Death or heart transplantationhard clinical

In pediatric acute myocarditis, there is significant practice variability, and the need for ECMO, VAD, or vasoactive medications is strongly associated with mortality or need for heart transplantation.

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Ghelani et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7c063e0bfa86fad9c65cb1 https://doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.112.965749

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Mechanical circulatory support Myocarditis Heart transplantation

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Implication

Identifies high-risk pediatric myocarditis patients for closer surveillance; hypothesis-generating for management strategies in this observational cohort.

Demographics, Trends, and Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Myocarditis in the United States, 2006 to 2011

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Implication

Structured PICO

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Demographics, Trends, and Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Myocarditis in the United States, 2006 to 2011

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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