Zeying Zhang, Jing Su, Chenyang Li, Shirui Cao, Chao Sun, Qiuzhen Lin, Haiyan Luo, Zhenghui Xiao, Yunbin Xiao, Qiming Liu
Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. Hunan Children’s Hospital.
China
Frontiers in Pediatrics
Front Pediatr 2024; 12:
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1292786
Abstract
Background: The mechanism of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) after surgery/intervention for isolated venticlular septal defect (VSD) in children is unknown. Reliable prognostic indicators for predicting postoperative PAH are urgently needed. Prognostic nutration index (PNI) is widely used to predict postoperative complications and survival in adults, but it is unclear whether it can be used as an indicator of prognosis in children.
Methods: A total of 251 children underwent VSD repair surgery or interventional closure in Hunan Children’s Hospital from 2020 to 2023 were collected. A 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was performed using the nearest neighbor method with a caliper size of 0.2 Logistics regression analysis is used to examine factors associated with the development of PAH.
Results: The cut-off value for PNI was determined as 58.0. After 1:1 PSM analysis, 49 patients in the low PNI group were matched with high PNI group. Children in the low PNI group had higher risk of postoperative PAH (P = 0.002) than those in the high PNI group. Multivariate logistics regression analysis showed that PNI (RR: 0.903, 95% CI: 0.816-0.999, P = 0.049) and tricuspid regurgitation velocity (RR: 4.743, 95% CI: 1.131-19.897, P = 0.033) were independent prognostic factors for the development of PAH.
Conclusion: PNI can be used as a prognostic indicator for PAH development after surgery/intervention in children with isolated VSD.
Category
Class I. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Congenital Cardiovascular Disease
Environmental Factors Associated with Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Acquired Patient Factors Associated with Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease
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