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AmSECT’s 2025 pediatric and congenital perfusion update elevates five guidelines to standards, adds new recommendations for oxygen delivery, blood management and monitoring, and strengthens
This study investigates the fluid volume transfused to pediatric ECMO patients via pressure monitoring circuits, an area currently lacking published data or guidelines. Using
This study highlights the incidence and impact of postoperative intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) in children undergoing open-heart surgery, showing that 24.7% of patients experienced IAH,
In a study on children undergoing cardiac surgery, remote ischemic preconditioning showed a potential for reducing kidney injury, but there were no significant differences
Pre-bypass Ultrafiltration (PBUF) was found to standardize and make more physiologic the values for electrolytes, glucose, and lactate in blood primes used for cardiopulmonary
This study compared two plasmapheresis techniques, membrane-based (MP) and centrifuge-based (CP), for their effectiveness in reducing isohemagglutinin titers (IT) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)
This study investigates the application of the cerebral oxygenation index (COx) in monitoring cerebral blood flow (CBF) autoregulation during cardiopulmonary bypass surgeries. Despite the
Cerebral microhemorrhages (CMH) are frequently seen after neonatal bypass heart surgery, but it remains unknown if CMH are a benign finding or constitute injury.
Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation serves as a crucial mechanical circulatory support for pediatric patients with severe heart diseases, but the mortality rate remains high.
This study aimed to test whether custadiol is not inferior to blood-based cardioplegia in pediatric cardiac surgery.
We sought to determine the risk factors including inflammatory and vascular endothelial markers associated with AKI in children undergoing cardiac surgery.
