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Renal complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease: consensus definitions from the Multi-Societal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Part of: The International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (ISNPCHD)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2008

Karl F. Welke ,
Joseph A. Dearani ,
Nancy S. Ghanayem ,
Marie J Beland ,
Irving Shen  and
Tjark Ebels
Karl F. Welke*
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Joseph A. Dearani
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
Nancy S. Ghanayem
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Marie J Beland
Affiliation:
Division of Paediatric Cardiology, The Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Irving Shen
Affiliation:
Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, Virginia, United States of America
Tjark Ebels
Affiliation:
Groningen University Medical Centre, Groningen, The Netherlands
*
Correspondence to: Karl F. Welke, MD, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery L353, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon, United States of America97239-3098. Tel: (503) 418-5443; Fax: (503) 418-1385; E-mail: welkek@ohsu.edu
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Abstract

A complication is an event or occurrence that is associated with a disease or a healthcare intervention, is a departure from the desired course of events, and may cause, or be associated with, suboptimal outcome. A complication does not necessarily represent a breech in the standard of care that constitutes medical negligence or medical malpractice. An operative or procedural complication is any complication, regardless of cause, occurring (1) within 30 days after surgery or intervention in or out of the hospital, or (2) after 30 days during the same hospitalization subsequent to the operation or intervention. Operative and procedural complications include both intraoperative/intraprocedural complications and postoperative/postprocedural complications in this time interval.

The MultiSocietal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease has set forth a comprehensive list of complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease, related to cardiac, pulmonary, renal, haematological, infectious, neurological, gastrointestinal, and endocrinal systems, as well as those related to the management of anaesthesia and perfusion, and the transplantation of thoracic organs. The objective of this manuscript is to examine the definitions of operative morbidity as they relate specifically to the renal system. These specific definitions and terms will be used to track morbidity associated with surgical and transcatheter interventions and other forms of therapy in a common language across many separate databases.

Although renal dysfunction and renal failure are known risks of congenital heart surgery, accurate estimates of the incidences of these complications are limited. This lack of knowledge is in part due to the lack of uniform definitions of these postoperative complications. The purpose of this effort is to propose consensus definitions for renal complications following congenital cardiac surgery so that collection of such data can be standardized. Clinicians caring for patients with congenital heart disease will be able to use this list for databases, quality improvement initiatives, reporting of complications, and comparing strategies for treatment.

Keywords

Congenital heart diseasequality improvementpatient safetyoutcomesregistryoperative morbiditypaediatricsurgerycongenital abnormalitiescardiac surgical proceduresheartacute renal injuryrenal dysfunctionrenal failure
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 18 , Issue S2: Databases and the assessment of complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease , December 2008 , pp. 222 - 225
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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