Torsten Baehner, Nicholas Kiefer, Shahab Ghamari, Ingo Graeff, Christopher Huett, Stefan Pflugradt, Bjoern Sendzik, Ingo Heinze, Matthias Mueller, Ehrenfried Schindler, Georg Daniel Duerr, Richard Ellerkmann, Markus Velten
BACKGROUND: Providing anesthesia for pediatric patients undergoing congenital cardiac surgery is complex and requires profound knowledge and clinical experience. Prospective studies on best anesthetic management are missing, partially due to different standards. The aim of the present study was to survey the current standard practice in anesthetic management in pediatric cardiac surgical centers in Germany. METHODS: All 78 cardiac surgical centers in Germany were reviewed for a congenital cardiac surgery program...
May 2020: World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery