A newly established extracorporeal life support assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) program can achieve intact neurological outcome in 60 % of children

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2227-2228

  Mattke, Adrian C ^a,b,c   Stocker, Christian F ^a,c   Schibler, Andreas ^a,b,c   Alphonso, Nelson ^a,b   Johnson, Kerry ^a   Karl, Tom R ^b,d  

^a LADY CILENTO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT ASSISTED CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION DEVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATOR; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL DISEASE; CHILD; COMPLICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROCEDURES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84946476456     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-4036-2     Document Type: Letter

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