RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Resource use and health outcomes of paediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F176
OP F177
DO 10.1136/adc.2003.047779
VO 90
IS 2
A1 Van Litsenburg, R
A1 De Mos, N
A1 Edgell, D
A1 Gruenwald, C
A1 Bohn, D J
A1 Parshuram, C S
YR 2005
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/2/F176.abstract
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.