Standardized Treatment and Diagnostic Approach to Reduce Disease burden in the early postoperative phase in children with congenital heart defects-STANDARD study: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

"Declarations Ethics approvalThis study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany (file number 49/21). Consent to participateWritten informed consent was obtained from the parents. Conflict of interestThe authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of interest The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL."

"After institutional review board approval from the ethics committee of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany (file number 49/21), this prospective randomized single-center pilot study was performed at the tertiary PCICU of the Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany. The study was registered with Deutsches Register Klinische Studien (DRKS-ID: DRKS00025430)."