Objective Children with congenital cardiovascular disease (CHD) have lack of intestinal epithelial barrier function (EBF) which increases their risk for post-operative sepsis and organ dysfunction. claudin 3 and dual sugars permeability check (DSPT) to reveal intestinal epithelial integrity epithelial function paracellular integrity and paracellular function respectively. We assessed baseline and repeated plasma pro-inflammatory (IL-6 TNF-α… Continue reading Objective Children with congenital cardiovascular disease (CHD) have lack of intestinal