Too much of a good thing? Could we be overdoing cerebral protection in neonatal cardiac surgery?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Apr;151(4):1145-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.11.054. Epub 2015 Dec 10.

Author

Osman O Al-Radi¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Abdullah Bakhsh Children's Heart Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: oradi@kau.edu.sa.

PMID: 26778215
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.11.054

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Editorial
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MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Cerebral Cortex / growth & development*
Child Development*
Electroencephalography*
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Humans
Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring / methods*
Male