Characterization of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pediatric Cardiac Arrest in the United States: Analysis of the Kids’ Inpatient Database

• Published in: Pediatric cardiology Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 1422 - 1430
• Main Authors: Lowry, Adam W., Morales, David L. S., Graves, Daniel E., Knudson, Jarrod D., Shamszad, Pirouz, Mott, Antonio R., Cabrera, Antonio G., Rossano, Joseph W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.08.2013; Springer
• Subjects: Analysis; Cardiac arrest; Cardiac Surgery; Cardiology; Children; Confidence Intervals; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - methods; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health aspects; Heart Arrest - mortality; Heart Arrest - therapy; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Inpatients; Male; Medical colleges; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Article; Pediatric cardiology; Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate - trends; United States - epidemiology; Vascular Surgery; United States; Pediatrics; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

To characterize the overall use, cost, and outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as an adjunct to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among hospitalized infants and children in the United States, retrospective analysis of the 2000, 2003, and 2006 Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID) was p...