Intra-operative Hyperglycemia: Effect On Outcome Following Congenital Heart Surgery In Infants

摘要

Background: Both laboratory and clinical studies demonstrate that hyperoxia and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) cause intra-operative and post-operative hyperglycemia. In turn, hyperglycemia has been associated, in some studies, with mortality and morbidity following infant cardiac surgery. We studied the characteristics and early outcomes of cases in which hyperglycemia (glucose > 150 mg/ dl) was present at the end of CPB.