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May 11, 2026Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Feasibility of Early Mobility During Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study, 2018–2024

Alyssa Mueller Brian Bridges Melissa Danko Daphne Hardison Katherine Hedden Kristina A. Betters

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The aim is to evaluate the feasibility of implementing an early mobility protocol for pediatric patients requiring ECMO support.
Single-center retrospective analysis of PICU patients on ECMO from 2018 to 2024.
Inclusion of all patients aged 0-18 supported by ECMO post-implementation of an EM protocol.
Monitoring of mobilization sessions, activity levels, and adverse events.
84% of patients on ECMO underwent early mobility; 35% achieved at least level II or III activity.
6.1% of mobilization sessions showed signs of intolerance, with no serious adverse events reported attributable to mobility.
One patient experienced neurologic changes after an EM session leading to a stroke diagnosis.

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Retrospective analysis assesses early mobility outcomes during ECMO support in pediatric patients, indicating feasibility with low adverse events.

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Mueller et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a04147679e20c90b4444705 https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000003957

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