OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of mechanical circulatory support after acute cardiopulmonary failure. DESIGN: Prospective follow-up study. SETTING: Single-institutional in a center for congenital heart disease and pediatric cardiology. PATIENTS: Fifty patients who underwent 58 mechanical circulatory support therapies in our institution from 2001 to 2012. Median age was 2 (0-213) months, and median supporting time was 5 (1-234) days. Indication groups: 1) extracorporeal life support in low cardiac output: 30 cases (52%); 2) extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: 13 cases (22%); 3) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute respiratory distress syndrome: four cases (7%); and 4) ventricular assist devices: 11 cases (19%). INTERVENTIONS: Health-related quality of life was measured using standardized questionnaires according to the age group and completed by either parent proxies in children under 7 years old or the survivors themselves. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Fifty percentage of the patients were discharged home, and 22 long-term survivors (44%) were studied prospectively for health-related quality of life. Median follow-up period was 4.5 (0.3-11.3) years. Median age at follow-up was 5 (0.6-29) years old. Nineteen long-term survivors filled in the health-related quality of life questionnaires and were classified into three age groups: 0-4 years (n = 7): median health-related quality of life score, 69 (59-86) points; 4-12 years (n = 7): median health-related quality of life score, 50 (48-85) points; older than 12 years (n = 5): median health-related quality of life score, 90 (80-100) points. CONCLUSION: Long-term survivors' health-related quality of life as reported by their parents is lower than that of healthy children. However, the self-assessed health-related quality of life of the patients older than 12 years in our group is comparable to a healthy control population.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of mechanical circulatory support after acute cardiopulmonary failure. DESIGN: Prospective follow-up study. SETTING: Single-institutional in a center for congenital heart disease and pediatric cardiology. PATIENTS: Fifty patients who underwent 58 mechanical circulatory support therapies in our institution from 2001 to 2012. Median age was 2 (0-213) months, and median supporting time was 5 (1-234) days. Indication groups: 1) extracorporeal life support in low cardiac output: 30 cases (52%); 2) extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: 13 cases (22%); 3) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute respiratory distress syndrome: four cases (7%); and 4) ventricular assist devices: 11 cases (19%). INTERVENTIONS: Health-related quality of life was measured using standardized questionnaires according to the age group and completed by either parent proxies in children under 7 years old or the survivors themselves. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Fifty percentage of the patients were discharged home, and 22 long-term survivors (44%) were studied prospectively for health-related quality of life. Median follow-up period was 4.5 (0.3-11.3) years. Median age at follow-up was 5 (0.6-29) years old. Nineteen long-term survivors filled in the health-related quality of life questionnaires and were classified into three age groups: 0-4 years (n = 7): median health-related quality of life score, 69 (59-86) points; 4-12 years (n = 7): median health-related quality of life score, 50 (48-85) points; older than 12 years (n = 5): median health-related quality of life score, 90 (80-100) points. CONCLUSION: Long-term survivors' health-related quality of life as reported by their parents is lower than that of healthy children. However, the self-assessed health-related quality of life of the patients older than 12 years in our group is comparable to a healthy control population.
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