TY - JOUR
T1 - Severe Congenital Heart Defects and Cerebral palsy
AU - Garne, Ester
AU - Goldsmith, Shona
AU - Barisic, Ingeborg
AU - Braz, Paula
AU - Dakovic, Ivana
AU - Gibson, Catherine
AU - Hansen, Michele
AU - Hoei-Hansen, Christina E
AU - Hollung, Sandra Julsen
AU - Klungsøyr, Kari
AU - Smithers-Sheedy, Hayley
AU - Virella, Daniel
AU - Badawi, Nadia
AU - Watson, Linda
AU - McIntyre, Sarah
N1 - Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To report the prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) in children with severe congenital heart defects (sCHD) and the outcome/severity of the CP.METHODS: Population-based, data linkage study between CP and congenital anomaly registers in Europe and Australia. The EUROCAT definition of severe CHD (sCHD) was used. Linked data from 4 regions in Europe and 2 in Australia were included. All children born in the regions from 1991 through 2009 diagnosed with CP and/or sCHD were included. Linkage was completed locally. Deidentified linked data were pooled for analyses.RESULTS: The study sample included 4989 children with CP and 3684 children with sCHD. The total number of livebirths in the population was 1 734 612. The prevalence of CP was 2.9 per 1000 births (95% CI, 2.8-3.0) and the prevalence of sCHD was 2.1 per 1000 births (95% CI, 2.1-2.2). Of children with sCHD, 1.5% (n = 57) had a diagnosis of CP, of which 35 (61%) children had prenatally or perinatally acquired CP (resulting from a brain injury at ≤28 days of life) and 22 (39%) children had a postneonatal cause (a brain injury between 28 days and 2 years). Children with CP and sCHD more often had unilateral spastic CP and more intellectual impairments than children with CP without congenital anomalies.CONCLUSIONS: In high-income countries, the proportion of children with CP is much higher in children with sCHD than in the background population. The severity of disease in children with CP and sCHD is milder compared with children with CP without congenital anomalies.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To report the prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) in children with severe congenital heart defects (sCHD) and the outcome/severity of the CP.METHODS: Population-based, data linkage study between CP and congenital anomaly registers in Europe and Australia. The EUROCAT definition of severe CHD (sCHD) was used. Linked data from 4 regions in Europe and 2 in Australia were included. All children born in the regions from 1991 through 2009 diagnosed with CP and/or sCHD were included. Linkage was completed locally. Deidentified linked data were pooled for analyses.RESULTS: The study sample included 4989 children with CP and 3684 children with sCHD. The total number of livebirths in the population was 1 734 612. The prevalence of CP was 2.9 per 1000 births (95% CI, 2.8-3.0) and the prevalence of sCHD was 2.1 per 1000 births (95% CI, 2.1-2.2). Of children with sCHD, 1.5% (n = 57) had a diagnosis of CP, of which 35 (61%) children had prenatally or perinatally acquired CP (resulting from a brain injury at ≤28 days of life) and 22 (39%) children had a postneonatal cause (a brain injury between 28 days and 2 years). Children with CP and sCHD more often had unilateral spastic CP and more intellectual impairments than children with CP without congenital anomalies.CONCLUSIONS: In high-income countries, the proportion of children with CP is much higher in children with sCHD than in the background population. The severity of disease in children with CP and sCHD is milder compared with children with CP without congenital anomalies.
KW - brain injury
KW - cerebral palsy
KW - CHD
KW - intellectual impairment
KW - severity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113617
DO - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113617
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37473991
SN - 0022-3476
VL - 262
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - The Journal of pediatrics
JF - The Journal of pediatrics
M1 - 113617
ER -