Publications by authors named "P A Bhaskar"

Prolonged pleural drainage and chylothorax are common in postoperative Fontan patients and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Multiple medical and interventional treatment strategies exist and vary between centers. This is a retrospective multicenter observational cohort study of pediatric patients who underwent Fontan operation at 8 pediatric cardiac surgical institutions from 1/1/2019 to 12/31/2021.

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Low-temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy is a key method to probe electronic and magnetic properties down to the atomic scale, but suffers from extreme vibrational sensitivity. This makes it challenging to employ closed-cycle cooling with its required pulse-type vibrational excitations, albeit this is mandatory to avoid helium losses for counteracting the continuously raising helium prices. Here, we describe a compact ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope (STM) system with an integrated primary pulse tube cooler (PTC) for closed-cycle operation.

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  • Phase-pure crystalline chalcostibite (CuSbS) thin films were created using thermal evaporation, followed by sulfurization at temperatures of 400°C and 430°C for various durations, leading to different phase formations.
  • At 400°C for 10-60 minutes, the films showed a dominant orthorhombic CuSbS phase with a minor SbS phase, while extending the time to 90 minutes created additional famatinite phases.
  • Sulfurization at 430°C for over 30 minutes resulted in phase-pure CuSbS films with promising characteristics for solar cells, achieving a peak efficiency of 2.2% with optimal performance at 60 minutes.
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Objective: Explore the relationship between early hypotension after ECPR and survival to hospital discharge (SHD) with favorable neurologic outcome (FNO) in children with cardiac disease.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing ECPR at a single center pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. Hypotension was defined as MAP < 5th percentile for age.

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