Triiodothyronine Supplementation in Infants Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) profoundly suppresses circulating thyroid hormone levels in infants. We performed a multicenter randomized placebo controlled trial to determine if triiodothyronine (T3) supplementation improves reduces time to extubation (TTE) in infants after CPB. Infants (n = 220) undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB and stratified into two age cohorts: ≤30 days and> 30 days to
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Michael A. Portman, April E. Slee, Stephen J. Roth, Monique Radman, Aaron K. Olson, Richard D. Mainwaring, Asavari Kamerkar, Muhammad Nuri, Laura Hastings, TRICC Investigators Tags: CONGENITAL – Original Submission Source Type: research
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