Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Mobile versus in-center ECMO initiation in pediatric patients: a comparative outcome study
Authors' conclusion
ECLS can be safely initiated bedside in local hospitals with transport to referral centers.
Study context
- Population
- Pediatric patients receiving ECMO support in a PICU, 2018–2025analysed
- Participants
- 24 patients
- Exposure
- Mobile vs Control
- Mobilen = 15
- Controln = 9reference
- Outcome
- Survival to hospital discharge
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Successful weaning, duration of extracorporeal support, ICU LOS before ECMO, ICU mortality
- No significant differences between groups
Safety
Hepatic dysfunction
Kidney failure
Hepatic dysfunction
- No statistically significant difference between groups
Kidney failure
- No statistically significant difference between groups
Original publication
Mobile versus in-center ECMO initiation in pediatric patients: a comparative outcome study. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. Published 2 July 2026. doi:10.
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