Ethical considerations for post-cardiotomy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 780-786

  Mavroudis, Constantine ^a   Mavroudis, Constantine D ^b   Green, Jeanette ^c   Sade, Robert M ^d   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^a   Kodish, Eric ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary bypass; failure to wean; haemodynamic collapse; hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Life support; moral risk; paediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORALS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK;

EID: 84872728561     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951112001540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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