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A prospective study was conducted with the aims of 1) determining the normal trans-oxygenator pressure gradient characteristics for a range of oxygenators and 2) determining the characteristics, incidence and outcome of abnormally raised gradients.
In patients undergoing cardiac surgery who develop clinically significant bleeding and hypofibrinogenemia after cardiopulmonary bypass, fibrinogen concentrate is noninferior to cryoprecipitate with regard to number of blood components transfused in a 24-hour period post bypass.
We hypothesized that some children with congenital heart disease have an abnormally low baseline (preoperative) cerebral oxygen saturation (ScO(2)).