Changes in Near-Infrared Spectroscopy After Congenital Cyanotic Heart Surgery

• Main Authors: Judith Ju-Ming Wong (Author), Ching Kit Chen (Author), Rajesh Babu Moorakonda (Author), Olivia Wijeweera (Author), Tracy Yi Shuen Tan (Author), Masakazu Nakao (Author), John Carson Allen (Author), Tsee Foong Loh (Author), Jan Hau Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundSince oxygen saturation from pulse oximetry (SpO2) and partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO2) are observed to improve immediately after surgical correction of cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD), we postulate that cerebral (CrO2) and somatic (SrO2) oximetry also improves immediatel...