Does cardiac surgery in newborn infants compromise blood cell reactivity to endotoxin?

Table 2 Postoperative complications

Patient	Complications	Time after operation	Outcome
1	Cardiac arrest after blood transfusion	4 h	Survived
2	Capillary leak syndrome^a	24 h	Survived
	Pneumonia^b	5 d
3	Capillary leak syndrome	24 h	Survived
4	Capillary leak syndrome	24 h	Survived
5	Capillary leak syndrome	24 h	Survived
6	Capillary leak syndrome	24 h	Survived
7	Capillary leak syndrome	24 h	Died
	Thrombosis of the right and left persistent superior caval veins	10 d

^aCapillary leak syndrome was diagnosed in accordance with our definition [15]. ^bDiagnosis of pneumonia was made on the basis of respiratory insufficiency, a pathological chest X-ray and a secondary increase in C-reactive protein.

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