NCT06276608

Iron Deficiency in Pediatric Heart Surgery

Iron Deficiency in Pediatric Heart Surgery: Impact on Anemia, Transfusion and Complications, a Retrospective Cohort Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 300 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

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.

Conditions

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

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Iron status	Iron status will be based on preoperative ferritin levels: a ferritin \< 10 mcg/L will be considered as iron deficiency, ferritin levels \> 10 mcg/L will be considered normal

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-23
• Primary completion: 2024-04-20
• Completion: 2024-06-30
• First posted: 2024-02-26
• Last updated: 2024-02-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium