Massimiliano Cantinotti, Raffaele Giordano, Marco Scalese, Pietro Marchese, Eliana Franchi, Cecilia Viacava, Sabrina Molinaro, Nadia Assanta, Martin Koestenberger, Shelby Kutty, Luna Gargani, Lamia Ait-Ali
BACKGROUND: Lung ultrasound (LUS) in pediatric cardiac surgery is gaining consensus. We (1) evaluated the prognostic value of a new LUS-score in pediatric cardiac surgery, and (2) compared LUS-score to conventional risk factors including age, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (STAT) score, cardiopulmonary bypass time, and prognostic biomarkers including brain natriuretic peptide and cystatin-C. METHODS: LUS examinations were performed in 237 children (median age, 0...
January 2020: Annals of Thoracic Surgery