Veno-arterial CO2 content gradient and veno-arterial CO2 to arterial-venous O2 content ratio for outcome prediction after pediatric cardiac surgery: a prospective study
Vladimir L Cousin, Raphael Joye, Tomasz Nalecz, Tornike Sologashvili, Maurice Beghetti, Cyril Jaksic, Julie Wacker, Angelo Polito · 2025
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Description
After heart surgery in children, low blood flow can starve tissues of oxygen, and blood gas measures may warn of that risk early. Vladimir Cousin and co-authors ran a forward-looking study of two carbon-dioxide-based measures in this 2025 paper. Children were enrolled after surgery that used a heart-lung machine.
Paired blood samples from an artery and a vein were taken on arrival and again at six, twelve, and twenty-four hours. The team compared the gas measures with milk-acid levels and oxygen use, and sorted children into patterns of poor flow or oxygen-starved metabolism. They then checked which measures best predicted poor outcomes. A cheap blood test that flags risk early could help intensive care teams act before organ damage sets in.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Vladimir L Cousin, Raphael Joye, Tomasz Nalecz, Tornike Sologashvili, Maurice Beghetti, Cyril Jaksic, Julie Wacker, Angelo Polito |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |