Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Peripheral Nerve Injuries in Patients Undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Catheterization
Authors' conclusion
PNI is a significant complication in children, adolescents, and young adults following cardiac procedures, with more severe cases occurring after surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Children, adolescents and young adults with documented peripheral nerve injury (PNI) after congenital cardiac surgery or catheterizationpatients with PNI
- Participants
- 30 children
- Exposure
- PNI after cardiac surgery vs after cardiac catheterization
- Surgeryn = 19
- Catheterizationn = 11
- Outcome
- Unresolved PNI
Methodological detailssingle-centre, tertiary academic center
- Single-centre
- Tertiary academic center
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Surgery
42.1%
8 of 19
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Procedure duration and temperature, surgical cohort
- Longer procedure duration, surgical cohort
- 487.0 minutes (IQR, 456.0-581.5 minutes)
- Lower temperature, surgical cohort
- 32.4°C (IQR, 31.3°C-33.8°C)
Peripheral IV catheter or BP cuff on same side as affected limb, all cases
- Same-side peripheral IV catheter or BP cuff
- 53.3%
Affected limb location
- Lower extremities in surgical patients
- n = 15, 78.9%
- Upper extremities during catheterization
- n = 10, 90.9%
Original publication
Peripheral Nerve Injuries in Patients Undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Catheterization. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 20 December 2025. doi:10.
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