Survival analysis of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in neonatal and pediatric patients - A nationwide cohort study.

CONCLUSION: In contrast to the widespread use of ECMO in respiratory distress syndrome in western countries, pediatric ECMO in Taiwan was more often applied to patients with underlying cardiovascular diseases. Mortality rates varied according to age groups and various etiologies. The results of this large pediatric cohort provides a different prospective in critical care outcomes in medical environments where ECMO is more widely available. PMID: 30612882 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: J Formos Med Assoc - January 4, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hsu J, Chang CH, Chiang LT, Caffrey JL, Lin JW, Chen YS Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research