Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

The Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia group performs prospective and retrospective clinical studies in pediatric cardiac anesthesia.

Clinical Trials

We have conducted the following clinical trials in recent years:

• Retrospective analysis of perioperative factors associated with early extubation

• Prospective multicenter observational study on factors associated with early extubation after pediatric cardiac surgery

• Evaluation study of pediatric cerebral oximetry sensor/unit (industry-sponsored study)

Publications

Our research has been published in academic journals and books.

• Schnittman SR, Rashid S, Egbe A, Love B, Nguyen K, Mittnacht AJ, Weiss AJ. Feasibility of intraoperative extubation in pediatric heart transplantation. World J Pediatr Congenital Heart Surg. 2016. PMID 27514940

• Alexander Mittnacht. Chapter 20, pages 451-467: Early tracheal extubation and postoperative pain management. In: Dean Andropoulos, (ed). Anesthesia for Congenital Heart Disease, 3rd Edition, Wiley-Blackwell 2015
  

• Mittnacht AJ, Rodriguez-Diaz C. Multimodal neuromonitoring in pediatric cardiac anesthesia. Ann Card Anaesth. 2014;17:25-32

• Lawrence EJ, Nguyen K, Morris SA, Hollinger I, Graham DA, Jenkins KJ, Bodian C, Lin H, Gelb BD, Mittnacht, AJ. Economic and Safety Implications of Introducing Fast-Tracking in Congenital Heart Surgery. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013; 6:201-7

• Weismann CG, Yang SF, Bodian C, Hollinger I, Nguyen K, Mittnacht AJ. Early extubation in adults undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012; 26:773-6
  
  
• Weiner MM, Rosenblatt MA, Mittnacht AJ.: Neuraxial Anesthesia and Timing of Heparin Administration in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease Using Cardiopulmonary Bypass. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012; 26:581-4