This review highlights key 2016 advancements in pediatric ECMO, focusing on mortality risk prediction and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes.
Supports pediatric ECMO risk stratification and neurodevelopmental monitoring; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
With the increasing use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children come increasing publications concerning pediatric ECMO. In 2016 important work was done in identifying modifiable risk-factors and possible predictors of mortality in cardiac and respiratory ECMO and risk-estimation scores have been developed for respiratory ECMO patients. Also, increasing important experience is published in the areas of neurodevelopmental follow-up of ECMO survivors. The most relevant publications of 2016 are summarized in this review.
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