Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Mar 2024
Death by Neurologic Criteria in Children Undergoing Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Retrospective Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Study, 2017-2021.
To determine factors associated with brain death in children treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E-cardiopulmonary resuscitation). ⋯ In children undergoing E-cardiopulmonary resuscitation, older age, pre-event hypercarbia, higher before and during ECMO lactate levels are associated with DNC. Given the association of DNC with hypercarbia following cardiac arrest, the role of Pa co2 management in E-cardiopulmonary resuscitation warrants further studies.