Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * All patients admitted to the CICU following cardiac surgery for CHD who are \</= 1 year of age and/or weight \</= 10 kg
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Patients who remain intubated for \>/= 4 weeks
- * Patients who have a tracheostomy in place prior to their cardiac surgery
- * Patient enrolled in a competing research study
- * Patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support preoperatively
- * Patients with birth weight \< 2 Kg.
- * Gestational age \< 35 weeks at birth.
- * Patients with extracardiac anomalies more than minor severity.
Ages Eligible for Study:
N/A to 1 Year (CHILD)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No