The negligence here was misapprehending a young girl's height and weight by such a degree that her body surface area, and in turn her blood flow, was as much as 50% too low.
She was hypoperfused, first because the perfusion team miscalculated her flow and body surface area, and then because they took the Patient to low flow without first cooling her brain to anything close to a protective/adequate temperature.
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