Abstract
Introduction: Past studies have suggested that respiratory diseases are the most common cause of death among children with cerebral palsy (CP). At the same time, cardiovascular complications and cancer could be the leading killer among adult in those patients. The outcomes of cerebral palsy patients and risk factors following an episode of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) have not been widely examined. Methods: A retrospective study via the 2019 National Inpatient Sample was conducted. Cases with CP diagnosis were retrieved via their appropriate ICD-10 codes (G80.0x). We also filtered to include patients with a principal diagnosis of AMI. Various categorical variables were compared via Chi-Square tests. Results: In 2019, 295 patients with cerebral palsy were admitted with AMI. CP patients were younger (mean age 63.20 vs. 66.93 years) and more common among Whites (86.0%), covered by Medicare (79.7%), and of ages >60 (66.1%). Compared to non-CP patients, CP patients also recorded more cases with depression (20.3% vs. 9.3%) and drug abuse (8.5% vs. 3.0%). However, they had less cases with smoking (28.8% vs. 49.3), obesity (13.6% vs. 21.0%), hyperlipidemia (59.3% vs. 68.6%), old myocardial infarct (8.5% vs. 16.6%), hypertension (78.0% vs. 82.8%), diabetes (35.6% vs. 41.2%), peripheral vascular disease (6.8% vs. 10.6%), acute kidney injury (10.2 % vs. 20.8%), ventricular tachycardia (6.8% vs. 7.2%), and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (6.8% vs. 9.9%). Only 38.6% of CP patients underwent PCI. Conclusions: CP patients may present with AMI at a younger age and express a higher depression and drug abuse rate. Physicians and providers linked with their care should be encouraged to reach out to them for signs of depression and provide them with adequate facilities to seek treatment.
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