Hemolysis During Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Associations With Circuitry, Complications, and Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe factors associated with hemolysis during pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and the relationships between hemolysis, complications, and mortality.

Design

Secondary analysis of data collected prospectively by the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network between December 2012 and September 2014.

Setting

Three Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network-affiliated hospitals.

Patients

Age less than 19 years and treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Hemolysis was defined based on peak plasma free hemoglobin levels during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and categorized as none (< 0.001 g/L), mild (0.001 to < 0.5 g/L), moderate (0.

SUBMITTER: Dalton HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6218309 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature