The Impact of Rhinovirus Infections in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery (Risk): Study Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study

Anneloes L Van Rijn^1*, Peter P Roeleveld², Rob BP De Wilde³, Erik W Van Zwet⁴, Mark G Hazekamp⁵, Jeroen Wink⁶, Job CJ Calis⁷, Alois CM Kroes¹ and Jutte JC De Vries¹

¹Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands, E-mail: a.l.van_rijn-klink@lumc.nl

²Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands, E-mail: a.l.van_rijn-klink@lumc.nl

³Department of Intensive Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands, E-mail: a.l.van_rijn-klink@lumc.nl

⁴Department of Statistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands, E-mail: a.l.van_rijn-klink@lumc.nl

⁵Department of Thoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands, E-mail: a.l.van_rijn-klink@lumc.nl

⁶Department of Anaesthesiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands, E-mail: a.l.van_rijn-klink@lumc.nl

⁷Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands, E-mail: a.l.van_rijn-klink@lumc.nl

^*Corresponding Author: Anneloes L Van Rijn, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands, Tel: +31-(0)71-5263572, Fax: +31-(0)71-5266981 Email: