Decreased Use of Neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO): How New Treatment Modalities Have Affected ECMO Utilization

The results indicate that ECMO was used less frequently when HFOV, beractant and iNO was more commonly used. The differences in treatment modalities used and subsequent use of ECMO were statistically significant. We speculate that, in this patient population, the diagnostic composition of neonatal ECMO patients has changed over time.