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

• Үндсэн зохиолчид: Santtu Heinonen (Зохиогч), Merja Kallio (Зохиогч), Minna Honkila (Зохиогч), Anssi Kesäläinen (Зохиогч), Rea Rantanen (Зохиогч), Merja Helminen (Зохиогч), Otto Rahkonen (Зохиогч), Terhi Ruuska (Зохиогч), Eliisa Kekäläinen (Зохиогч)
• Формат: Ном
• Хэвлэсэн: 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...