Why the study?
Neurologic complications are common in children receiving ECMO support, but best practices for monitoring and detecting neurologic injury remain unknown.
Population
8746 ECMO hospitalizations across US Children's Hospitals participating in PHIS
Comparison
Use of EEG and brain imaging modalities across hospitals and patient strata
Design
Retrospective observational cohort study
Authors
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Highlights substantial variation in pediatric ECMO neuromonitoring; leaves open optimal strategies for prospective evaluation.
There is significant hospital-level variation in the use of EEG and neuroimaging for children on ECMO, but this variation does not appear to affect the rates of diagnosed seizures or strokes.
Kohne et al. (2023) studied this question.
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