Is therapeutic hypothermia during neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation associated with intracranial hemorrhage?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The use of therapeutic hypothermia during neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a neurologic protective strategy has gained interest among clinicians despite limited data. Our objective is to describe the relationship between the use of therapeutic hypothermia during neonatal ECMO and complications, mortality and functional status among survivors.

Methods

Secondary analysis of data collected by the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network between December 2012 and September 2014. Data were collected prospectively from 267 neonates (<30 days) undergoing ECMO at eight clinical sites. Twenty neonates received therapeutic hypothermia.

Results

Neonates receiving therapeutic hypothermia were more likely to have intracranial hemorr

SUBMITTER: Cashen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6091861 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature