Predictor variables of high-risk group (n=59) of infants with TOF/OA in WA from 2000 to 2016
Variables, n (%) | Value |
Birth weight <2500 g | 38 (64) |
VACTERL | 14 (23) |
Long gap | 19 (32) |
Anastomotic leak | 7 (12) |
Inability to be fed orally by end of first mon | 9 (15) |
OA, oesophageal atresia; TOF, tracheoesophageal fistula; VACTERL, vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheoesophageal fistula, renal anomalies, limb abnormalities; WA, Western Australia.