Iron Deficiency in Pediatric Heart Surgery

Recruiting

• Conditions: Iron Deficiencies; Iron Deficiency Anemia; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Congenital Heart Disease in Children

• Registration Number: NCT06276608
• Lead Sponsor: Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital

Brief Summary

The prevalence of iron deficiency in pediatric cardiac surgery patients is not very well known. Iron deficiency can lead to anemia, higher transfusion rates and possibly higher complication rates. In this retrospective study, the iron status of all patients undergoing pediatric cardiac surgery at our institution between January 2019 and december 2023 will be analyzed. Together with iron status, transfusion requirements as well as complications will be recorded. Iron status will be reported with descriptive statistics, patients with or without iron deficiency will be compared using non-parametric tests.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-02-22
• Study Start: 2024-02-23
• Study First Posted: 2024-02-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-28
• Primary Completion: 2024-04-20
• Study Completion: 2024-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients who underwent pediatric cardiac surgery at our institution between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2023

Exclusion Criteria

• Incomplete medical charts
• Patients who did not consent to the use of their medical data

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Complications	28 days	The complication rate (%) will be reported. Complications are defined by the occurence of one or more of the following events: * transfusion rate (%); * volume of packed red cells transfused (mL/kg); * perioperative blood loss (mL/kg); * need for surgical re-exploration (%); * intensive care stay (days); * new renal insufficiency (%); * use of inotropes (%); * 28 day mortality (%) The frequency of any single item will also be reported (%)
Prevalence of preoperative iron deficiency (%)	24 hours	A preoperative ferritin \< 10 mcg/L will be considered as iron deficiency. Iron deficiency will be reported using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, median, interquartile range, %)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

H.U.B - Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola; 🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium