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dc.contributor.authorJusto, Edward R
dc.contributor.authorReeves, Benjamin M
dc.contributor.authorWare, Robert S
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Janelle C
dc.contributor.authorKarl, Tom R
dc.contributor.authorAlphonso, Nelson D
dc.contributor.authorJusto, Robert N
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-09T22:57:46Z
dc.date.available2017-11-09T22:57:46Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1047-9511
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1047951117000993
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/352475
dc.description.abstractPopulation-based registries report 95% 5-year survival for children undergoing surgery for CHD. This study investigated paediatric cardiac surgical outcomes in the Australian indigenous population. All children who underwent cardiac surgery between May, 2008 and August, 2014 were studied. Demographic information including socio-economic status, diagnoses and co-morbidities, and treatment and outcome data were collected at time of surgery and at last follow-up. A total of 1528 children with a mean age 3.4±4.6 years were studied. Among them, 123 (8.1%) children were identified as indigenous, and 52.7% (62) of indigenous patients were in the lowest third of the socio-economic index compared with 28.2% (456) of non-indigenous patients (p⩽0.001). The indigenous sample had a significantly higher Comprehensive Aristotle Complexity score (indigenous 9.4±4.2 versus non-indigenous 8.7±3.9, p=0.04). The probability of having long-term follow-up did not differ between groups (indigenous 93.8% versus non-indigenous 95.6%, p=0.17). No difference was noted in 30-day mortality (indigenous 3.2% versus non-indigenous 1.4%, p=0.13). The 6-year survival for the entire cohort was 95.9%. The Cox survival analysis demonstrated higher 6-year mortality in the indigenous group – indigenous 8.1% versus non-indigenous 5.0%; hazard ratio (HR)=2.1; 95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.1, 4.2; p=0.03. Freedom from surgical re-intervention was 79%, and was not significantly associated with the indigenous status (HR=1.4; 95% CI: 0.9, 1.9; p=0.11). When long-term survival was adjusted for the Comprehensive Aristotle Complexity score, no difference in outcomes between the populations was demonstrated (HR=1.6; 95% CI: 0.8, 3.2; p=0.19). The indigenous population experienced higher late mortality. This apparent relationship is explained by increased patient complexity, which may reflect negative social and environmental factors.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1694
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1700
dc.relation.ispartofissue9
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCardiology in the Young
dc.relation.ispartofvolume27
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCardiovascular medicine and haematology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCardiovascular medicine and haematology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320199
dc.titleComparison of outcomes in Australian indigenous and non-indigenous children and adolescents undergoing cardiac surgery
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWare, Robert


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