A newly established extracorporeal life support assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) program can achieve intact neurological outcome in 60% of children

Adrian C Mattke; Christian F Stocker; Andreas Schibler; Nelson Alphonso; Kerry Johnson; Tom R Karl

doi:10.1007/s00134-015-4036-2

A newly established extracorporeal life support assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) program can achieve intact neurological outcome in 60% of children

Intensive Care Med. 2015 Dec;41(12):2227-8. doi: 10.1007/s00134-015-4036-2. Epub 2015 Sep 10.

Authors

Adrian C Mattke^{1

2

3

4}, Christian F Stocker^{5

6

7}, Andreas Schibler^{5

6

8

7}, Nelson Alphonso^{5

6

8}, Kerry Johnson^{5

6}, Tom R Karl^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. adrian.mattke@gmail.com.
² Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. adrian.mattke@gmail.com.
³ University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. adrian.mattke@gmail.com.
⁴ Mater Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia. adrian.mattke@gmail.com.
⁵ Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
⁶ Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
⁷ Mater Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
⁸ University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
⁹ John Hopkin's All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, USA.

PMID: 26359167
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-4036-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods*
Child
Heart Arrest / complications
Heart Arrest / mortality
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Humans
Life Support Care
Nervous System Diseases / prevention & control
Survival Rate