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Pre-operative statusIn her pre-operative assessment on the evening of April 17, Swartz summarized the various problems Vinay had had. She wondered if he had had an RSV pneumonia. She noted that he had a sore under his chin that had not healed. Swartz said there was increased risk for surgery because of the problems that Vinay was experiencing. In addition, she said that he could have difficulty with his heart rhythm (as during the first repair), potential heart failure as a result of a long pump run, bleeding as a result of the fact that this was a re-operation and aggravation of kidney problems. She assigned him an anaesthetic class of ASA IV.
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| Chapter 3 - The Diagnosis of Pediatric Heart Defects and their Surgical Treatment | |
| Chapter 4 - The Health Sciences Centre | |
| Section 2 | Chapter 5 - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in Winnipeg 1950-1993 |
| Chapter 6 - The Restart of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in 1994 January 1, 1994 to May 17, 1994 |
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| Chapter 7 - The Slowdown May 17 to September 1994 |
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| Chapter 8 - Events Leading to the Suspension of the Program September 7, 1994 to December 23, 1994 |
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| Chapter 9 - 1995 - The Aftermath of the Shutdown January to March, 1995 |
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| Section 3 | Chapter 10 - Findings and Recommendations |
| Appendix 1 - Glossary of terms used in this report | |
| Appendix 2 - Parties to the Proceedings and counsel | |
| Appendix 3 - List of witnesses and dates of testimony | |
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