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TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.
INPUT: ["Stewart's strong ion theory quantifies unmeasured tissue acids produced following hypoxia or hypoperfusion, by calculation of the strong ion gap. Our study objectives were as follows: a) to determine the 24-hr profile of the strong ion gap following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery; and b) to compare the prognostic value in terms of intensive care unit mortality of this variable with blood lactate.", 'Prospective, observational study.', 'Tertiary pediatric intensive care unit.', 'Eighty-five children following surgery for congenital heart disease.', 'None.', 'Arterial blood samples for lactate and strong ion gap calculation were obtained at intensive care unit admission and at 24 hrs. A raised strong ion gap (>3 mEq/L) was present in 41.1% and 51.7% of admission and 24-hr samples, respectively, being elevated at both time points in 30.5%. Both the strong ion gap and lactate increased with surgical complexity, but neither was correlated with length of bypass (r = .13 and -.02) or aortic cross-clamp (r = .13 and .10). The crude mortality was 5.8% (5/85). Four of the five deaths were associated with a persistently elevated strong ion gap, in contrast to two with ongoing hyperlactatemia (>2 mmol/L). The admission strong ion gap (cutoff, >3.2 mEq/L) was superior to lactate (cutoff, >3.0 mmol/L) as a mortality predictor (area under receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.85 [95% confidence interval, 0.74-0.95] vs. 0.71 [95% confidence interval, 0.44-0.98], respectively).'] Does the strong ion gap predict mortality in children following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery?
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TASK: Your task is to answer biomedical questions using the given abstract. Only output yes, no, or maybe as answer.
INPUT: ["Stewart's strong ion theory quantifies unmeasured tissue acids produced following hypoxia or hypoperfusion, by calculation of the strong ion gap. Our study objectives were as follows: a) to determine the 24-hr profile of the strong ion gap following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery; and b) to compare the prognostic value in terms of intensive care unit mortality of this variable with blood lactate.", 'Prospective, observational study.', 'Tertiary pediatric intensive care unit.', 'Eighty-five children following surgery for congenital heart disease.', 'None.', 'Arterial blood samples for lactate and strong ion gap calculation were obtained at intensive care unit admission and at 24 hrs. A raised strong ion gap (>3 mEq/L) was present in 41.1% and 51.7% of admission and 24-hr samples, respectively, being elevated at both time points in 30.5%. Both the strong ion gap and lactate increased with surgical complexity, but neither was correlated with length of bypass (r = .13 and -.02) or aortic cross-clamp (r = .13 and .10). The crude mortality was 5.8% (5/85). Four of the five deaths were associated with a persistently elevated strong ion gap, in contrast to two with ongoing hyperlactatemia (>2 mmol/L). The admission strong ion gap (cutoff, >3.2 mEq/L) was superior to lactate (cutoff, >3.0 mmol/L) as a mortality predictor (area under receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.85 [95% confidence interval, 0.74-0.95] vs. 0.71 [95% confidence interval, 0.44-0.98], respectively).'] Does the strong ion gap predict mortality in children following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery?
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