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Article History

Received: 30 May 2018

Accepted: 2 August 2018

First Online: 11 August 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: We have received expedited approved under CFR.46.110 and/or 21CFR 56.110 by the Institutional Review Board of Emory University IRB00083691 to recruit participants for this study. Written informed consent from a parent or guardian will be obtained by a study investigator for each patient before enrollment.

: Not applicable.

: This manuscript has not, and will not be submitted to any other journal for consideration. The authors of this manuscript declare no potential, real or perceived conflict of interest related to the submission of this manuscript to BMC Pediatrics Journal. Our funding sponsors had no involvement in the study design, collection, interpretation or data analysis, writing of this report or decision for publication submission. Dr. Marin is an educational consultant for Medtronic, Inc. Academic Affairs in which she educates clinical staff of proper bedside use of near-infrared spectroscopy technology. No other authors have any competing interests to disclose.

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