Developmental Care for Hospitalized Infants With Complex Congenital Heart Disease
Published: January 17, 2023
- Developmental care (DC) for infants with complex congenital heart disease (cCHD) is an approach that individualizes care by observing and interpreting the infant’s behavior and thus modifying the environment and caregiving to meet the developmentally appropriate expectations of the infant’s brain.
- Critical gaps in research exist in the use of DC in infants with cCHD and without current evidence of the impact of specific DC practices on outcomes, determining practice standards and establishing universal and consistent resources remains challenging.
- Developing early interventions to promote brain maturation, mitigate risk factors, and change the trajectory of neurodevelopment are now urgent research priorities.
Supporting Materials
Recommended Reading
- 2022 Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Mitigating Health Disparities Across the Lifespan in Congenital Heart Disease
- 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
- 2017 Mental Health Among Parents of Children With Critical Congenital Heart Defects: A Systematic Review
- 2012 Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children With Congenital Heart Disease: Evaluation and Management