Quantifiable Bleeding in Children Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the association between bleeding from chest tubes and clinical outcomes in children supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Design

Secondary analysis of a large observational cohort study.

Setting

Eight pediatric institutions within the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network.

Patients

Critically ill children supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Daily chest tube bleeding, results from hemostatic assays, transfusion volumes, 90-day PICU-free days, and mortality were collected prospectively by trained bedside extracorporeal membrane oxygenation specialists and

SUBMITTER: Nellis ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608374 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature