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The document discusses the management of a 3-month-old infant with DiGeorge syndrome undergoing cardiac surgery, highlighting the risks of hypocalcemia and the importance of using irradiated and leuko-reduced blood products to prevent complications. It emphasizes the need for preoperative immunologic testing and careful monitoring of calcium levels during and after blood transfusions. The correct ECG abnormality indicative of hypocalcemia in this context is a prolonged QT interval.
- Author
- Kiana Agana Aseniero
- Language
- EN