JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA, cilt.20, ss.43-47, 2006 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Objective: The determination of postoperative course after cardiac surgery has always been a challenging issue. It is more sophisticated in the pediatric age group. The aim of this investigation was to identify whether increased concentrations of lactate in arterial blood has a predictive value for postoperative morbidity and mortality after heart surgery.