Vancomycin-associated AKI occurs infrequently in the pediatric cardiac intensive care population and is strongly associated with patient critical illness.

This paper suggests that the composition of the ICU is not a critical factor in determining outcomes after congenital heart surgery. Other factors, such as expertise of the nurses, physicians, and surgeons, as well as technical performance, should be considered.

Despite the known negative impact of maternal obesity on perinatal outcomes, we were unable to find associations between maternal obesity and excessive weight gain during pregnancy versus postoperative outcomes.

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