CCAS-STS Database Committee

Chair: David F. Vener, MD
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The CCAS – STS Database Committee provides oversight and review of CCAS-STS Database collaboration, including making recommendations about changes in data elements, report writing and review of anesthesia-related research proposals submitted to the Society of Thoracic Surgeon’s Congenital Heart Surgery Access and Publications committee.

May 2021

Seizures have been observed to occur in 8% of neonates after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, and the majority are subclinical. Is continuous electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring used perioperatively at your institution in neonatal cardiac surgical patients?

A. Yes, routinely used in all neonates intraoperatively and postoperatively.
B. Yes, routinely used in all neonates postoperatively.
C. Yes, routinely used in all neonates postoperatively but only if requiring continuous neuromuscular blockade.
D. Yes, but only if the patient exhibits symptoms of a seizure or new neurologic deficit.
E. No, continuous EEG is never utilized.

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