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Ventricular Septal Defect Physiology & Repair with Dr. Greg Yurasek

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The Effects of Open Heart Surgery on Kidney Function

Pete Crip: There really aren't any studies out there that have sort of shed light on what we should worry about. He says kids who have open heart surgery are at higher risk for doing just generally worse, either needing hospitalization or needing ICU-level care than patients who haven't. The biggest risk to me and in my practice is that it typically takes kids several weeks to sort of get into a good, nutritive state after an open heart surgery.

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