Risk Factors for Abuse in Children with Congenital Heart Disease Presenting at a Pediatric Tertiary Care Hospital

作     者：Kristi K.Westphaln Karen Kay Imagawa Lorena Espinosa Smith Julia Srivastava Nancy A.Pike 

作者机构：School of NursingUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA Department of PediatricsChildren’s Hospital Los AngelesAudrey Hepburn CARES CenterLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA Department of PediatricsCritical Care MedicineChildren’s Hospital Los AngelesLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA Department of Pediatrics Heart InstituteChildren’s Hospital Los AngelesLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA 

出 版 物：《Congenital Heart Disease》 (先天性心脏病（英文）)

年 卷 期：2023年第18卷第6期

页      面：657-670页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100202[医学-儿科学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Child maltreatment intrauterine substance exposure failure to thrive 

摘      要：Background:Congenital heart disease(CHD)is a chronic medical condition often diagnosed at birth and requires surgical intervention,multiple hospitalizations,and lifelong *** can put significant stress on the family,leading to altered maternal mental health,bonding and attachment issues,and the potential for child *** purpose of this study is to explore the characteristics of a sample of young children with CHD who experienced hospitalization with concurrent concern for child abuse in a free-standing pediatric tertiary care ***:Electronic medical records were reviewed for children aged 0–5 years old who were hospitalized with concern for child abuse between 2016 and *** were extracted related to the history of presenta-tion,and sociodemographics including SDOH,admission,and discharge condition/*** statis-tics were used to characterize the sample and correlations to identify an association with abuse ***:Out of 251 hospitalizations involving concern for child abuse,49(19.5%)had a diagnosis of *** majority of cases were neglect(51%),1 year of age(80%),male(57%),Hispanic ethnicity(45%),and publicly insured(90%).CHD severity was moderate to severe(71%)with multiple co-occurring medical conditions(genetic syn-drome,failure to thrive(FTT),prematurity,history of a feeding tube,developmental delay,and intrauterine drug exposure).Correlations associated with physical abuse were age,maternal mental health,head injury,and history of Child Protective Services(CPS)*** correlated with age,FTT,head injury,history of a feeding tube,previous CPS involvement,and substance *** specifically related to prenatal substance use included age,maternal mental health status,history of domestic violence,CPS involvement,feeding tube,FTT,lack of housing,employment status,and public ***:Our study highlights the risk for abuse in children with CHD,regardless of defect *** most com