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Cerebral tissue oxygenation index and lactate at 24 hours postoperative predict survival and neurodevelopmental outcome after neonatal cardiac surgery

Safwat A. Aly¹, David Zurakowski², Penny Glass³, Kami Skurow-Todd⁴, Richard A. Jonas⁵, Mary T. Donofrio⁴

1 Department of Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
2 Departments of Anesthesia and Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
4 Division of Cardiology, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
5 Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

* Corresponding Author: Safwat A. Aly, MD, MSc, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave. NW, WW 3.5, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20010, USA. Email: