The Story of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Authors' conclusion
Other randomized trials followed, and ECMO is now standard practice for severe respiratory and cardiac failure in all age groups.
Study context
- Population
- Neonatal respiratory failure
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- ECMO became standard practice for neonatal and pediatric respiratory and cardiac failure (1980–2000)
- 1985 prospective randomized trial of ECMO in newborn respiratory failure: first use of a randomized, adaptive design to minimize the ethical dilemma of trials with death as endpoint
Original publication
The Story of ECMO. Anesthesiology. Published 12 February 2024. doi:10.
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