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MARCANO SANZ, Luis; ROMERO SUAREZ, Antolín; SERRANO RICARDO, Giselle  y  SANCHEZ NOGUEIRA, Néstor. Cardiac Pediatric Surgery in Normothermia during Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Medisur [online]. 2012, vol.10, n.1, pp. 47-54. ISSN 1727-897X.

Hypothermia during cardiopulmonary bypass is a method used in most of the protocols of pediatric cardiac surgery. There are evidences of its side effects. Normothermia in children as a novel strategy, was begun by Lecompte in 1995 and nowadays 12 000 surgical interventions have been performed in nine European centres during the last 15 years. Clinical reports show less incidence of complications and use of inotropic support, shorter cardiopulmonary bypass time, ventilator support and intensive care unit stay when normothermia was used. The aim of this review is identify the physiopathology issues of extracorporeal circulation in normothermia and hypothermia in pediatric cardiac surgery, as theoretical support to introduce normothermia as first line option. The conclusion is that normothermia is more physiological than hypothermia, able to protect organs of the human body in a safe and effective way.

Palabras clave : extracorporeal circulation; surgery; body temperature; hypothermia; body temperature regulation.

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