Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 8 , Pages 1606-1610 , August 2009

Effect of preextracorporeal membrane oxygenation ventilation days and age on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survival in critically ill children

  • Michael L. Nance

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 215 590 5932; fax: +1 215 590 4875.
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  • Vinay M. Nadkarni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia/Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Holly L. Hedrick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • James A. Cullen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Douglas J Wiebe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Received 9 August 2008 ,Revised 5 October 2008 ,Accepted 5 October 2008.

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☆ Presented at the Section on Critical Care of the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC, October 2005 (data subsequently updated).

PII: S0022-3468(08)00903-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.048

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 8 , Pages 1606-1610 , August 2009

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