Collaborative trials explore ventilator strategies to optimize ECMO benefits in children with ARDS, suggesting the need for better guidelines.
ECMO can be effective to treat children with severe ARDS. Even with ECMO in place, the principles of physiologically sound mechanical ventilation need to be applied. Collaborative trials and development of well curated international clinical information are needed to better understand which children with ARDS are most likely benefit from ECMO.
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