Pediatric transplantation
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Pediatric transplantation · Feb 2015
Survival in children on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation at the time of lung transplantation.
Limited data exist on ECMO at the time of LTx in children. The UNOS database was queried from 2000 to 2013 for pediatric lung transplant recipients (<18 yr) to assess post-transplant survival of patients on ECMO at the time of LTx. ⋯ Propensity score matching analysis (HR = 1.500; 95% CI: 0.251, 8.977; p = 0.657) also failed to demonstrate a significantly increased hazard ratio. Using a contemporary cohort of pediatric lung transplant recipients, the use of ECMO at the time of lung transplantation did not negatively impact survival.