PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Van Litsenburg, R
AU  - De Mos, N
AU  - Edgell, D
AU  - Gruenwald, C
AU  - Bohn, D J
AU  - Parshuram, C S
TI  - Resource use and health outcomes of paediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2003.047779
DP  - 2005 Mar 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
PG  - F176--F177
VI  - 90
IP  - 2
4099  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/2/F176.short
4100  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/2/F176.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2005 Mar 01; 90
AB  - 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.