Children with cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD) have complex alterations in their
whole blood composition and coagulation profile due to long‐standing hypoxemia …

Efforts to reduce blood product transfusions and adopt blood conservation strategies for
infants and children undergoing cardiac surgical procedures are ongoing. Children typically …

Summary Background and Aims Several studies report the use of thromboelatography
(TEG) to monitor coagulation in pediatric cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to …

Bleeding and coagulation management are essential aspects in the management of
neonates and children undergoing cardiac surgery. The use of point-of-care tests (POCTs) …

A method for the detection of polyions using fully reversible polyion selective polymeric
membrane type pulstrodes as detectors in a flow-injection analysis (FIA) system is …

Pediatric cardiac surgical patients are at particular risk for post-cardiopulmonary bypass
hemorrhage. Moreover, both the incidence and volume of blood transfusions have been …

Objectives To implement a statistical model for protamine titration. Design Prospective
randomized trial. Setting University hospital. Participants Sixty (n= 30+ 30) patients …

Background The monitoring of unfractionated heparin (UFH) reversal with protamine plays a
crucial role for bleeding management after cardio-pulmonary bypass (CPB) in congenital …

Blood conservation has become an essential institutional initiative in cardiac surgery
patients secondary to published reports associating transfusion with increased morbidity …

Cardiac surgery in the neonate in most cases is undertaken for the treatment of congenital
heart disease (CHD). Extremely rare is the need for surgical intervention for other conditions …