Cerebral aspects of neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A review

Neonatology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-103

  De Mol, Amerik C ^a,b   Liem, Kian D ^a   Van Heijst, Arno F J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Cerebral hemodynamics; Cerebral ischemia; Cerebral oxygenation; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Infant neonate; Intracranial hemorrhage; Neonatal persistent pulmonary hypertension; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Respiratory failure; Respiratory insufficiency therapy

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PUMP; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEPARINIZATION; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUNG FUNCTION; MEMBRANE OXYGENATOR; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VENOUS BLOOD; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879485398     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351033     Document Type: Review

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