Effects of antibiotics, hospitalisation and surgical complications on self-reported immunological vulnerability following paediatric open-heart surgery and thymectomy: a single-centre retrospective cohort study

• Главные авторы: Santtu Heinonen (Автор), Merja Kallio (Автор), Minna Honkila (Автор), Anssi Kesäläinen (Автор), Rea Rantanen (Автор), Merja Helminen (Автор), Otto Rahkonen (Автор), Terhi Ruuska (Автор), Eliisa Kekäläinen (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background Partial or complete thymectomy is routinely performed in paediatric open-heart surgeries when treating congenital heart defects. Whether or not thymectomised children require systematic immunological monitoring later in life is unknown. The objective of this study was to investigate the e...