Neurological Impact of Slower Rewarming during Bypass Surgery in Infants

Abstract

Background Hypothermia is a neuroprotective strategy during cardiopulmonary bypass. Rewarming entailing a rapid rise in cerebral metabolism might lead to secondary neurological sequelae. In this pilot study, we aimed to validate the hypothesis that a slower rewarming rate would lower the risk of cerebral hypoxia and seizures in infants.

Methods This is a prospective, clinical, single-center study. Infants undergoing cardiac surgery in hypothermia were rewarmed either according to the standard (+1°C in < 5 minutes) or a slow (+1°C in > 5–8 minutes) rewarming strategy. We monitored electrocortical activity via amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG) and cerebral oxygenation by near-infrared spectroscopy during and after surgery.

Results Fifteen children in the standard rewarming group (age: 13 days [5–251]) were cooled down to 26.6°C (17.2–29.8) and compared with 17 children in the slow-rewarming group (age: 9 days [4–365]) with a minimal temperature of 25.7°C (20.1–31.4). All neonates in both groups (n = 19) exhibited suppressed patterns compared with 28% of the infants > 28 days (p < 0.05). During rewarming, only 26% of the children in the slow-rewarming group revealed suppressed aEEG traces (vs. 41%; p = 0.28). Cerebral oxygenation increased by a median of 3.5% in the slow-rewarming group versus 1.5% in the standard group (p = 0.9). Our slow-rewarming group revealed no aEEG evidence of any postoperative seizures (0 vs. 20%).

Conclusion These results might indicate that a slower rewarming rate after hypothermia causes less suppression of electrocortical activity and higher cerebral oxygenation during rewarming, which may imply a reduced risk of postoperative seizures.

Keywords

cardiopulmonary bypass - neurology/neurological - hypothermia/circulatory arrest - pediatric - ischemia/reperfusion

Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 28. Juli 2023

Angenommen: 19. April 2024

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
23. Juni 2024

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