Predictors and outcomes of early post-operative veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following infant cardiac surgery

Predictors and outcomes of early post-operative veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following infant cardiac surgery

Abstract Background We aimed to determine predictors of, and outcomes after, veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation instituted within 48 h after cardiac surgery (early ECMO) in young infants. Methods Patients ≤ 6 weeks old having cardiac surgery from 2003 to 2012 were enrolled prospective...

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Main Authors: Gabriela A. Kuraim, Daniel Garros, Lindsay Ryerson, Fahimeh Moradi, Irina A. Dinu, Gonzalo Garcia Guerra, Diane Moddemann, Gwen Y. Bond, Charlene M. T. Robertson, Ari R. Joffe, For the Western Canadian Complex Pediatric Therapies Follow-up Program
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Intensive Care
Subjects:
Cardiac surgery
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Outcomes research
Pediatric intensive care units
Predictor
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40560-018-0326-4

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