Descriptive details of patients studied. Variables are shown as medians and ranges
| Profound hypothermia | Moderate hypothermia | Mild hypothermia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circulatory arrest (n = 8) | Continuous flow (n = 7) |
Circulatory arrest (n = 1) | Continuous flow (n = 8) |
Continuos flow (n = 6) | |||
| Age (months) | 4 (1–43) | 6 (3–97) | 42 | 32.5 (7–182) | 34 (13–70) | ||
| Minimum temperature (°C) | 16.5 (15–21) | 20 (19–21) | 24 | 24 (23–27) | 30 (29–32) | ||
| Operation | |||||||
| VSD | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| ASD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Other | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cyanosis | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reduced flow rate | — | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
A/VSD = atrial/ventricular septal defect.