Blood conservation pediatric cardiac surgery in all ages and complexity levels

Table 1 Perfusion technique and equipment

Equipment and technique	NC	BC
Integrated arterial filter with oxygenator	N	Y
Retrograde arterial priming	N	Y
Modified ultrafiltration	Y/N1	Y
In-line blood gas analyzer	N/Y1	Y
Point of care blood micro sampling	Y	Y
Cerebral saturation	Y	Y
Mixed venous saturation	Y	Y
Pediatric cell salvage	N	Y

¹Some did and some did not. BC: Blood conservation; NC: Non-conservation; Y: Yes; N: No.