Total Intravenous Versus Volatile Anesthesia in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Inflammatory Response and Early Recovery Profiles.

The primary outcome was the interleukin-6 concentration measured at baseline, 6 hours, and 24 hours postoperatively.

Interleukin-6 levels increased significantly in both groups but showed no difference between groups at any time point.

Secondary outcomes included Mini-Mental State Examination (Mini-Mental State Examination) scores and duration of mechanical ventilation.

Ventilation duration was also shorter in the total intravenous anesthesia group (12.4 ± 3.2 hours vs 20.0 ± 4.6 hours; p = 0.045).