[Neurological defects and developmental disorders following neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: results of a follow-up study after 5 years].
OBJECTIVE
Descriptive study of the development of children 5 years after neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).


METHODS
Descriptive.


METHODS
98 treated children were subjected to a paediatric, neurological, psychological, physiotherapeutic and logopaedic examination. The children came from 2 Dutch ECMO-centres (the Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital in Rotterdam and the University Medical Centre St Radboud in Nijmegen, The Netherlands).


RESULTS
Neurological disorders were found in 17 of the 98 investigated children, and in 6 cases these were serious. Among the remaining 92 children, 24 had motor disorders and 11 had delayed cognitive development. The average IQ (100.5) was within the normal range.


CONCLUSIONS
A significant proportion ofthe children that had been treated with ECMO had long-term morbidity in the form of neurological defects and developmental disorders.
Hanekamp
M N
MN
Erasmus MC-Sophia Kinderziekenhuis, Rotterdam.
Mazer
P
P
van der Cammen-van Zijp
M H M
MH
van Kessel-Feddema
B J M
BJ
Nijhuis-van der Sanden
M W G
MW
Knuijt
S
S
Zegers-Verstraeten
J L A
JL
Gischler
S J
SJ
Tibboel
D
D
Kollée
L A A
LA
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index