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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2005;90:F176-F177 doi:10.1136/adc.2003.047779
  • Short report

Resource use and health outcomes of paediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

  1. R Van Litsenburg1,
  2. N De Mos1,
  3. D Edgell2,
  4. C Gruenwald2,
  5. D J Bohn2,
  6. C S Parshuram2
  1. 1Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  2. 2Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Parshuram
    Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ottawa, Canada; christopher.parshuramsickkids.ca
  • Accepted 27 August 2004

Abstract

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation can be rationalised by the assumption that non-zero survival after refractory cardiorespiratory failure represents improved outcome. Survivors may have cognitive and or functional morbidities, require complex ongoing care, and as a consequence consume considerable healthcare resources.

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  • Competing interests: none declared

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