Cause and Prevention of Central Nervous System Injury in Neonates Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-277

  Dominguez, Troy E ^a   Wernovsky, Gil ^a   Gaynor, J William ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; brain injury; cardiac surgery; central nervous system; congenital heart disease; injury; neonate; postoperative

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GENETIC RISK; HEART ARREST; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODILUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTHERMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PH MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGIONAL PERFUSION; SEIZURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; ANOXIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CIRCULATORY ARREST, DEEP HYPOTHERMIA INDUCED; HEMODILUTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 35648942640     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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