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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:2093-2094
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
a Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Childrens Hospital, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Dr, Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA
e-mail: jlmyers@psu.edu
The authors have very nicely demonstrated the hemodynamic and metabolic advantages gained by the use of inspired CO2 in the postoperative management of neonates with complex single ventricle complexes with a "shunted" or parallel circulation.
Hypoventilation alone to achieve hypercarbia can be problematic because babies often have secretions and airway edema
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