Monitoring of regional tissue oxygenation with near-infrared spectroscopy during the early postoperative course after superior cavopulmonary anastomosis

Abstract

NIRS technology allows inferring the global oxygenation from continuous non-invasive measurements of regional tissue oxygenation. The cSO(2) is lowered in the early postoperative course. Lower cSO(2) values in the early postoperative course may be predictive of postoperative complications.