Perioperative risk factors were inconsistently associated with developmental outcomes .
INTERPRETATION The literature on children undergoing surgery in early infancy suggests that infants with a single ventricle are at highest risk of adverse developmental outcomes .
WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS Children with complex congenital heart disease ( CHD ) are at increased risk of impaired developmental outcome .
Children with single-ventricle CHD have worse outcomes than children with two-ventricle CHD .
Children with two-ventricle CHD gradually grow out of their initial developmental impairment .
Perioperative factors are inconsistently associated with outcome
AIM ( 1 ) To systematic ally review the literature on developmental outcomes from infancy to adolescence of children with complex congenital heart disease ( CHD ) who underwent early surgery ; ( 2 ) to run a meta-regression analysis on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development , Second Edition Mental Developmental Index and Psychomotor Developmental Index ( PDI ) of infants up to 24 months and IQs of preschool-aged children to adolescents ; ( 3 ) to assess associations between perioperative risk factors and outcomes .
Relationship between Social-Emotional and Neurodevelopment of 2-Year-Old Children with Congenital Heart Disease.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe social-emotional outcomes and the relationship with neurodevelopmental outcomes in a cohort of 2-year-old children who underwent surgery for congenital heart disease ( CHD ) in infancy , and explore the relationship between the outcomes and parental and surgical factors . DESIGN A two-center prospect i ve cross-sectional cohort study . PATIENTS A cohort of 105 2-year-olds who underwent surgery in infancy for severe CHD MEASURES : Social-emotional and neurodevelopment was evaluated with the  Infant and Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment tool ( ITSEA ) , and the Bayley Scales of Infant Toddler Development , Third Edition . RESULTS Neurodevelopment was delayed in the CHD cohort with significantly worse results compared to published Australian-based norms in all domains ( P < .001 ) and in the Cognitive ( P < .001 ) and Language ( P < .001 ) domains with respect to the reported American norms . Social-emotional outcome was similar to Australian norms in all domains but better than the American based norms in the Internalizing domain ( P < .05 ) . Higher maternal education was associated to better neurodevelopmental outcome in all domains and better scores in the internalizing and externalizing domains of the ITSEA . There was a moderate correlation ( r = 0.43 , P < .001 ) between Language and social-emotional competence . Motor development was influenced by the need for a significant cardiac reoperation . CONCLUSIONS The influences of social factors may be underestimated in the outcome of children with CHD .  Language development in those with CHD may be improved with intervention targeting social-emotional competence ; further research is needed in this area
Perioperative risk factors were inconsistently associated with developmental outcomes .
INTERPRETATION The literature on children undergoing surgery in early infancy suggests that infants with a single ventricle are at highest risk of adverse developmental outcomes .
WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS Children with complex congenital heart disease ( CHD ) are at increased risk of impaired developmental outcome .
Children with single-ventricle CHD have worse outcomes than children with two-ventricle CHD .
Children with two-ventricle CHD gradually grow out of their initial developmental impairment .
Perioperative factors are inconsistently associated with outcome
AIM ( 1 ) To systematic ally review the literature on developmental outcomes from infancy to adolescence of children with complex congenital heart disease ( CHD ) who underwent early surgery ; ( 2 ) to run a meta-regression analysis on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development , Second Edition Mental Developmental Index and Psychomotor Developmental Index ( PDI ) of infants up to 24 months and IQs of preschool-aged children to adolescents ; ( 3 ) to assess associations between perioperative risk factors and outcomes .