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Patients received 0.2\u00a0mg\/kg\/h (up to 0.8\u00a0mg\/kg\/h) of either F or EA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In total, 38 patients were enrolled in the F group, and 36, in the EA group. No adverse reactions were recorded. UO at postoperative day (POD) 0 was significantly higher in the EA group, 6.9 (3.3) ml\/kg\/h, compared with the F group, 4.6 (2.3) ml\/kg\/h (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.002) but tended to be similar in the two groups thereafter. Mean administered F dose was 0.33 (0.19) mg\/kg\/h compared with 0.22 (0.13) mg\/kg\/h of EA (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.0001). Fluid balance was significantly more negative in the EA group at postoperative day 0: \u221243 (54) ml\/kg\/h versus \u221217 (32) ml\/kg\/h in the F group (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.01). Serum creatinine, cystatin C and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels and incidence of acute kidney injury did not show significant differences between groups. Metabolic alkalosis occurred frequently (about 70% of cases) in both groups, but mean bicarbonate level was higher in the EA group: 27.8 (1.5)\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      in the F group versus 29.1 (2) m\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      in the EA group (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.006). Mean cardiac index (CI) values were 2.6 (0.1) L\/min\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      in the F group compared with 2.98 (0.09) L\/min\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      in the EA group (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.0081). Length of mechanical ventilation was shorter in the EA group, 5.5 (8.8) days compared with the F group, 6.7 (5.9) (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.06). Length of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) admission was shorter in the EA group: 14 (19) days compared with 16 (15) in the F group (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.046).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In cardiac surgery infants, EA produced more UO compared with F on POD0. Generally, a smaller EA dose is required to achieve similar UO than F. EA and F were safe in terms of renal function, but EA caused a more-intense metabolic alkalosis. EA patients achieved better CI, and shorter mechanical ventilation and PCICU admission time.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Trial registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Clinicaltrials.gov\n                      <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/ct2\/show\/NCT01628731\">NCT01628731<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      . 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