Considerable mortality is still observed during the first years of life among patients with single ventricle. RV dominance is the most important risk factor for death but only before BCPS.
We observed mortality patterns specific to pediatric sepsis that support the need for specialized definitions of sepsis severity in children. We demonstrated the importance of lactate, cardiovascular, and respiratory derangements at ICU admission for the identification of children with substantially higher risk of sepsis mortality.
There is a high incidence of VCP after arch repair via sternotomy. Laryngeal ultrasound seems to be an effective and noninvasive method for detecting VCP in neonates and young children.
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