Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * All neonates (≤31 days) undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB for CHD will be deemed eligible for enrollment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- 1. Failure to obtain informed consent from parent/guardian
- 2. Clinical signs of preoperative persistent elevated pulmonary vascular resistance,
- 3. Emergency surgery,
- 4. Episode of cardiac arrest within 1 week before surgery,
- 5. Recent treatment with steroids and/or a condition that may require treatment with steroids (excluding steroid administration specifically for CPB),
- 6. Use of inhaled NO (iNO) immediately prior to surgery,
- 7. Structural renal abnormalities by ultrasound,
- 8. Preoperative AKI,
- 9. Use of other investigational drugs,
- 10. Weight less than \<2 kg,
- 11. Gestational age \<36 weeks,
- 12. Major extracardiac congenital anomalies,
- 13. Non-English speakers.
Ages Eligible for Study:
1 Day to 31 Days (CHILD)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No