Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Outcomes in Children With Preexisting Neurologic Disorders or Neurofunctional Disability.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patient selection for pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support has broadened over the years to include children with pre-existing neurologic morbidities. We aimed to determine the prevalence and nature of pre-ECMO neurologic disorders or disability and investigate the association between pre-ECMO neurologic disorders or disability and mortality and unfavorable neurologic outcome.

Design

Multicenter retrospective observational cohort study.

Setting

Eight hospitals reporting to the Pediatric ECMO Outcomes Registry between October 2011 and June 2019.

Patients

Children younger than 18 years supported with venoarterial or venovenous ECMO.

Interventions

The primary exposure was presence of pre-ECMO neurologic disorders or moderate

SUBMITTER: Dante SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9633375 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature