Normothermic Versus Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children Undergoing Open Heart Surgery (Thermic-2): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Normothermic Versus Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children Undergoing Open Heart Surgery (Thermic-2): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

BackgroundDuring open heart surgery, patients are connected to a heart-lung bypass machine that pumps blood around the body (“perfusion”) while the heart is stopped. Typically the blood is cooled during this procedure (“hypothermia”) and warmed to normal body temperature once...

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Main Authors: Baos, Sarah, Sheehan, Karen, Culliford, Lucy, Pike, Katie, Ellis, Lucy, Parry, Andrew J, Stoica, Serban, Ghorbel, Mohamed T, Caputo, Massimo, Rogers, Chris A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2015-05-01
Series:JMIR Research Protocols
Online Access:http://www.researchprotocols.org/2015/2/e59/

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