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This survey aims to assess dysphagia treatment patterns and thickened liquid use across paediatric cardiac surgical centres.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951125001179_as2\"><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>A 24-question, cross-sectional survey. Convenience and snowball sampling methods were used to engage 52 paediatric cardiac surgical centres affiliated with the Cardiac Newborn Neuroprotective Network. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse and compare responses.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951125001179_as3\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty-six individual respondents represented 21 unique paediatric cardiac surgical centres. Most responses were from experienced, speech\u2013language pathologists (78%) at medium size centres (88%). Ninety-three percent of responding centres used thickened liquids to treat dysphagia and 81% only after formal instrumental assessment of swallowing. Thickened oral feeding was used for single-ventricle patients by 85% versus 69% for two-ventricle patients. Barriers to recommending thickened oral feedings included the cost of thickening agents, parental non-adherence, and gastrointestinal concerns.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951125001179_as4\"><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is the first survey to report multi-institutional dysphagia treatment practice variation at United States congenital cardiac surgical centres. Thickened oral feedings are frequently used across centres in high-risk critical CHD patients but treatment benefit remains unclear. 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