Postoperative Cerebral Oxygen Saturation in Children After Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Long-Term Total Intelligence Quotient: A Prospective Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

During the early postoperative period, children with congenital heart disease can suffer from inadequate cerebral perfusion, with possible long-term neurocognitive consequences. Cerebral tissue oxygen saturation can be monitored noninvasively with near-infrared spectroscopy. In this prospective study, we hypothesized that reduced cerebral tissue oxygen saturation and increased intensity and duration of desaturation (defined as cerebral tissue oxygen saturation < 65%) during the early postoperative period, independently increase the probability of reduced total intelligence quotient, 2 years after admission to a PICU.

Design

Single-center, prospective study, performed between 2012 and 2015.

Setting

The PICU of the University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.

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SUBMITTER: Carra G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8132917 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature