Pediatric cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Supporting life or prolonging death?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 594-595

  Kocis, Keith C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Heart transplantation; Intensive care; Mortality; Outcomes; Pediatric cardiac surgery

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034048614     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200002000-00063     Document Type: Editorial

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