The aim of the investigators work is to describe the agreement between NIRS and ecodoppler, as monitoring systems of liver and kidney graft's perfusion in the immediate postoperative period in pediatric patients.
This is an observational descriptive pilot study to explore the Somanetics INVOS® system performance. In this study the investigators will recruit a convenient number of patients, 15 patients, that will be admitted to our ICU after liver/kidney transplantation, in a 6 month period. The Primary endpoint will be the correlation between hepatic/renal NIRS measurements and graft's artery resistance indices, as evaluated with ecodoppler. The Secondary endpoints will be: * The Correlation between NIRS measurements and biochemical indicators of graft function (NGAL for kidney transplantation and INR, SGOT/SGPT, bilirubin, lactate for liver transplantation) * The Correlation between NIRS measurements and SvO2 values
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
15
NIRS is a non invasive monitoring system that enables assessment of tissue oxygenation through a quantitative estimation of haemoglobin oxygen-saturation within tissues.
Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
Rome, Italy
hepatic/renal NIRS measurements and graft's artery resistance indices, as evaluated with ecodoppler
Time frame: every hour from recovery time to 6 hours after extubation
hepatic/renal NIRS measurements and biochemical indicators of graft function: - NGAL for kidney transplantation - INR, SGOT/SGPT, bilirubin, lactate for liver transplantation
Time frame: every hour until from recovery to 6 hours after extubation
hepatic/renal NIRS measurements and SvO2 values
Time frame: every hour from recovery to 6 hours after extubation
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