Uri Pollak1,2,3,4,*, Tatyana Ruderman5,*, Sharon Borik‐Chiger5,6, David Mishaly5,7, Alain Serraf5,7, Amir Vardi5,8
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.6, pp. 968-977, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12825
Abstract Objective: The final common pathway of single ventricle patients is the Fontan procedure. Among the immediate postoperative complications is acute hepatic injury
presented by marked elevation of liver enzymes (alanine transaminase [ALT] and aspartate transaminase [AST]). We aimed to determine the contribution of blood products transfusion to acute hepatic injury.
Design: Single center retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at a tertiary medical center.
Patients: Ninety‐nine pediatric patients undergoing the Fontan procedure between
January 2009 and December 2016.
Interventions: None.
Measurements and Main Results: Out of the four types of blood products, transfusion of platelets was found… More >
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