Metabolic Uncoupling Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
Robert A PalermoHannah L PalacEric L WaldMark S WainwrightJohn M CostelloOsama M EltayebCarl L BackerConrad L EptingPublished in: Congenital heart disease (2015)
In children with metabolic uncoupling after CPB, insulin use did not shorten the time to lactate normalization or alter clinical outcomes. These findings suggest that type B hyperlactemia with hyperglycemia after CPB will resolve spontaneously and does not warrant specific treatment.