Ultrafiltration in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: An Observational Cohort Study

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patient or family refusal to participate.
• •Known genetic syndrome with multi-organ abnormalities and immune dysfunction such as DiGeorge Syndrome, Trisomy 18 or 13, Noonan syndrome.
• •Known immunodeficiency syndrome or bone marrow pathology.
• •Severe liver disease with abnormal synthetic liver function tests.