Resource use and health outcomes of paediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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.
Van Litsenburg
R
R
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
De Mos
N
N
Edgell
D
D
Gruenwald
C
C
Bohn
D J
DJ
Parshuram
C S
CS
D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000379:methods; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality*; D006295:Health Resources / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009017:Morbidity; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome