Two-year survival, mental, and motor outcomes after cardiac extracorporeal life support at less than five years of age

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
2982802	The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2008	11 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Cardiac extracorporeal life support had a 41% 2-year survival. Potentially modifiable variables (time for lactate to normalize and highest inotrope score early during extracorporeal life support) explained 69% of mental score variance.

Keywords

CPB PICU ECLS Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR standard deviation cardiopulmonary bypass Extracorporeal life support confidence intervals Hazard rate odds ratio Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

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Two-year survival, mental, and motor outcomes after cardiac extracorporeal life support at less than five years of age

Authors

Laurance MD, Ari R. MD, Charlene M.T. MD, Irina A. PhD, Yuttapong MD, Natalie R. MD, David B. MD, Ivan M. MD, Western Canadian Complex Pediatric Therapies Program Follow-up Group Western Canadian Complex Pediatric Therapies Program Follow-up Group,