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Item Commentary: Cannulate, extubate, ambulate, but not so easy to replicate(Elsevier, 2022) Blitzer, David; Copeland, Hannah; Surgery, School of MedicineComment on doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.02.049Item Commentary: COVID-19 extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A long way from home(Elsevier, 2022) Baran, David A.; Copeland, Hannah; Surgery, School of MedicineItem Early Use of Adjunctive Therapies for Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A PARDIE Study(American Thoracic Society, 2020-06) Rowan, Courtney M.; Klein, Margaret J.; Hsing, Deyin Doreen; Dahmer, Mary K.; Spinella, Philip C.; Emeriaud, Guillaume; Hassinger, Amanda B.; Piñeres-Olave, Byron E.; Flori, Heidi R.; Haileselassie, Bereketeab; Lopez-Fernandez, Yolanda M.; Chima, Ranjit S.; Shein, Steven L.; Maddux, Aline B.; Lillie, Jon; Izquierdo, Ledys; Kneyber, Martin C.J.; Smith, Lincoln S.; Khemani, Robinder G.; Thomas, Neal J.; Yehya, Nadir; Pediatrics, School of MedicineRationale: Few data exist to guide early adjunctive therapy use in pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS).Objectives: To describe contemporary use of adjunctive therapies for early PARDS as a framework for future investigations.Methods: This was a preplanned substudy of a prospective, international, cross-sectional observational study of children with PARDS from 100 centers over 10 study weeks.Measurements and Main Results: We investigated six adjunctive therapies for PARDS: continuous neuromuscular blockade, corticosteroids, inhaled nitric oxide (iNO), prone positioning, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Almost half (45%) of children with PARDS received at least one therapy. Variability was noted in the median starting oxygenation index of each therapy; corticosteroids started at the lowest oxygenation index (13.0; interquartile range, 7.6-22.0) and HFOV at the highest (25.7; interquartile range, 16.7-37.3). Continuous neuromuscular blockade was the most common, used in 31%, followed by iNO (13%), corticosteroids (10%), prone positioning (10%), HFOV (9%), and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (3%). Steroids, iNO, and HFOV were associated with comorbidities. Prone positioning and HFOV were more common in middle-income countries and less frequently used in North America. The use of multiple ancillary therapies increased over the first 3 days of PARDS, but there was not an easily identifiable pattern of combination or order of use.Conclusions: The contemporary description of prevalence, combinations of therapies, and oxygenation threshold for which the therapies are applied is important for design of future studies. Region of the world, income, and comorbidities influence adjunctive therapy use and are important variables to include in PARDS investigations.Item Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Characteristics and Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With COVID-19 or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Admitted to U.S. ICUs(Wolters Kluwer, 2023) Bembea, Melania M.; Loftis, Laura L.; Thiagarajan, Ravi R.; Young, Cameron C.; McCadden, Timothy P.; Newhams, Margaret M.; Kucukak, Suden; Mack, Elizabeth H.; Fitzgerald, Julie C.; Rowan, Courtney M.; Maddux, Aline B.; Kolmar, Amanda R.; Irby, Katherine; Heidemann, Sabrina; Schwartz, Stephanie P.; Kong, Michele; Crandall, Hillary; Havlin, Kevin M.; Singh, Aalok R.; Schuster, Jennifer E.; Hall, Mark W.; Wellnitz, Kari A.; Maamari, Mia; Gaspers, Mary G.; Nofziger, Ryan A.; Lim, Peter Paul C.; Carroll, Ryan W.; Munoz, Alvaro Coronado; Bradford, Tamara T.; Cullimore, Melissa L.; Halasa, Natasha B.; McLaughlin, Gwenn E.; Pannaraj, Pia S.; Cvijanovich, Natalie Z.; Zinter, Matt S.; Coates, Bria M.; Horwitz, Steven M.; Hobbs, Charlotte V.; Dapul, Heda; Graciano, Ana Lia; Butler, Andrew D.; Patel, Manish M.; Zambrano, Laura D.; Campbell, Angela P.; Randolph, Adrienne G.; Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators; Pediatrics, School of MedicineObjectives: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used successfully to support adults with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-related cardiac or respiratory failure refractory to conventional therapies. Comprehensive reports of children and adolescents with SARS-CoV-2-related ECMO support for conditions, including multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and acute COVID-19, are needed. Design: Case series of patients from the Overcoming COVID-19 public health surveillance registry. Setting: Sixty-three hospitals in 32 U.S. states reporting to the registry between March 15, 2020, and December 31, 2021. Patients: Patients less than 21 years admitted to the ICU meeting Centers for Disease Control criteria for MIS-C or acute COVID-19. Interventions: None. Measurements and main results: The final cohort included 2,733 patients with MIS-C ( n = 1,530; 37 [2.4%] requiring ECMO) or acute COVID-19 ( n = 1,203; 71 [5.9%] requiring ECMO). ECMO patients in both groups were older than those without ECMO support (MIS-C median 15.4 vs 9.9 yr; acute COVID-19 median 15.3 vs 13.6 yr). The body mass index percentile was similar in the MIS-C ECMO versus no ECMO groups (89.9 vs 85.8; p = 0.22) but higher in the COVID-19 ECMO versus no ECMO groups (98.3 vs 96.5; p = 0.03). Patients on ECMO with MIS-C versus COVID-19 were supported more often with venoarterial ECMO (92% vs 41%) for primary cardiac indications (87% vs 23%), had ECMO initiated earlier (median 1 vs 5 d from hospitalization), shorter ECMO courses (median 3.9 vs 14 d), shorter hospital length of stay (median 20 vs 52 d), lower in-hospital mortality (27% vs 37%), and less major morbidity at discharge in survivors (new tracheostomy, oxygen or mechanical ventilation need or neurologic deficit; 0% vs 11%, 0% vs 20%, and 8% vs 15%, respectively). Most patients with MIS-C requiring ECMO support (87%) were admitted during the pre-Delta (variant B.1.617.2) period, while most patients with acute COVID-19 requiring ECMO support (70%) were admitted during the Delta variant period. Conclusions: ECMO support for SARS-CoV-2-related critical illness was uncommon, but type, initiation, and duration of ECMO use in MIS-C and acute COVID-19 were markedly different. Like pre-pandemic pediatric ECMO cohorts, most patients survived to hospital discharge.Item Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Acute Pediatric Respiratory Failure(Springer Nature, 2018-07-18) Friedman, Matthew; Hobson, Michael; Pediatrics, School of MedicineThe use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to support children with acute respiratory failure has steadily increased over the past several decades, with major advancements having been made in the care of these children. There are, however, many controversies regarding indications for initiating ECMO in this setting and the appropriate management strategies thereafter. Broad indications for ECMO include hypoxia, hypercarbia, and severe air leak syndrome, with hypoxia being the most common. There are many disease-specific considerations when evaluating children for ECMO, but there are currently very few, if any, absolute contraindications. Venovenous rather than veno-arterial ECMO cannulation is the preferred configuration for ECMO support of acute respiratory failure due to its superior side-effect profile. The approach to lung management on ECMO is variable and should be individualized to the patient, with the main goal of reducing the risk of VILI. ECMO is a relatively rare intervention, and there are likely a minimum number of cases per year at a given center to maintain competency. Patients who have prolonged ECMO runs (i.e., greater than 21 days) are less likely to survive, though no absolute duration of ECMO that would mandate withdrawal of ECMO support can be currently recommended.Item Multi-Lobar Atelectasis in Children Receiving Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Cardiac Indications(Daedalus, 2022-11-15) Nader, Maria Abou; Friedman, Matthew L.; Mastropietro, Christopher W.; Pediatrics, School of MedicineBackground: Respiratory complications are common in patients who require venoarterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for cardiac indications. We aimed to examine the frequency and characteristics of patients who develop multi-lobar atelectasis early in the course of VA ECMO and to identify factors associated with its occurrence. Methods: We performed a single-center retrospective review of consecutive pediatric subjects on VA ECMO in the cardiovascular ICU from 2014 to 2019. Chest radiographs before VA ECMO initiation and daily for up to 5 d of VA ECMO support were reviewed. Multi-lobar atelectasis was defined as the collapse of ≥2 lobes of the same lung. Patients with multi-lobar atelectasis before or immediately after VA ECMO cannulation were excluded. Bivariate comparisons and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify factors independently associated with lung collapse. Results of the multivariable analysis are provided as odds ratio (OR) with 95% CI. Results: We reviewed 119 VA ECMO runs in 101 unique subjects. Multi-lobar atelectasis occurred in 36 runs (30%), with an isolated collapse of the left lung occurring most frequently (no. runs = 20). VA ECMO runs complicated by multi-lobar atelectasis were significantly longer and associated with lower hospital survival (51% vs 77%, survival in subjects without multi-lobar atelectasis; P = .01). Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified a subsequent ECMO run during the same admission to be independently associated with multi-lobar atelectasis (OR 5.4, 95% CI 1.2-21.5). Subanalysis of the subjects with isolated left lung collapse revealed male sex (OR 8.9, 95% CI 1.6-48.2) and subsequent ECMO run during the same admission (OR 4.0, 95% CI 1.2-13.6) to be independently associated with this complication, and mechanical ventilation at least 12 h before ECMO may be protective (OR 0.22, 95% CI 0.07-0.76). Conclusions: Multi-lobar atelectasis commonly occurred in children who were receiving VA ECMO for cardiac failure and was associated with worse outcomes. Male patients, a subsequent VA ECMO run during the same hospitalization, and patients in whom mechanical ventilation was initiated shortly before ECMO cannulation may be at increased risk for this complication.Item Outcomes Following Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe COVID-19 in Pregnancy or Post Partum(American Medical Association, 2023-05-01) Byrne, John J.; Shamshirsaz, Amir A.; Cahill, Alison G.; Turrentine, Mark A.; Seasely, Angela R.; Eid, Joe; Rouse, Caroline E.; Richley, Michael; Raghuraman, Nandini; Naqvi, Mariam; El-Sayed, Yasser Y.; Badell, Martina L.; Cheng, CeCe; Liu, James; Adhikari, Emily H.; Patel, Soha S.; O'Neil, Erika R.; Ramsey, Patrick S.; Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of MedicineImportance: Existing reports of pregnant patients with COVID-19 disease who require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are limited, with variable outcomes noted for the maternal-fetal dyad. Objective: To examine maternal and perinatal outcomes associated with ECMO used for COVID-19 with respiratory failure during pregnancy. Design, setting, and participants: This retrospective multicenter cohort study examined pregnant and postpartum patients who required ECMO for COVID-19 respiratory failure at 25 hospitals across the US. Eligible patients included individuals who received care at one of the study sites, were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy or up to 6 weeks post partum by positive nucleic acid or antigen test, and for whom ECMO was initiated for respiratory failure from March 1, 2020, to October 1, 2022. Exposures: ECMO in the setting of COVID-19 respiratory failure. Main outcome and measures: The primary outcome was maternal mortality. Secondary outcomes included serious maternal morbidity, obstetrical outcomes, and neonatal outcomes. Outcomes were compared by timing of infection during pregnancy or post partum, timing of ECMO initiation during pregnancy or post partum, and periods of circulation of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Results: From March 1, 2020, to October 1, 2022, 100 pregnant or postpartum individuals were started on ECMO (29 [29.0%] Hispanic, 25 [25.0%] non-Hispanic Black, 34 [34.0%] non-Hispanic White; mean [SD] age: 31.1 [5.5] years), including 47 (47.0%) during pregnancy, 21 (21.0%) within 24 hours post partum, and 32 (32.0%) between 24 hours and 6 weeks post partum; 79 (79.0%) had obesity, 61 (61.0%) had public or no insurance, and 67 (67.0%) did not have an immunocompromising condition. The median (IQR) ECMO run was 20 (9-49) days. There were 16 maternal deaths (16.0%; 95% CI, 8.2%-23.8%) in the study cohort, and 76 patients (76.0%; 95% CI, 58.9%-93.1%) had 1 or more serious maternal morbidity events. The largest serious maternal morbidity was venous thromboembolism and occurred in 39 patients (39.0%), which was similar across ECMO timing (40.4% pregnant [19 of 47] vs 38.1% [8 of 21] immediately postpartum vs 37.5% postpartum [12 of 32]; P > .99). Conclusions and relevance: In this multicenter US cohort study of pregnant and postpartum patients who required ECMO for COVID-19-associated respiratory failure, most survived but experienced a high frequency of serious maternal morbidity.Item Predictors of Mortality in Adults With Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support: An Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Analysis(Wolters Kluwer, 2025) Subramanian, Rakeshkumar; Roebuck, Amelia; Joshi, Hariom; Drouin, Michelle; Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public HealthCalcium channel blocker (CCB) toxicity presents a significant mortality risk, highlighting the need for effective treatment strategies such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). This study analyzes Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) registry data to determine the mortality rate in adults treated with ECMO for CCB toxicity and identifies clinical predictors of mortality. A retrospective analysis of the ELSO registry from January 2016 to April 2023 was conducted, focusing on adults diagnosed with CCB toxicity (ICD-10 T46.1) who received ECMO. Data collected included patient demographics, ECMO details (mode, duration, type), pre-ECMO clinical indicators (pH, lactate levels, cardiac arrest incidence), and in-hospital mortality. The analysis employed descriptive statistics to profile the patient population, with independent t-tests and chi-square tests comparing survivors to nonsurvivors. Logistic regression identified mortality predictors, integrating multiple imputations to remedy missing data, thus ensuring the analysis's integrity. The mortality rate for ECMO-treated CCB toxicity was 40.6%. Severe acidosis and the need for pre-ECMO renal replacement therapy were identified as key predictors of mortality. Further research is needed to determine if early ECMO initiation before a significant pH drop improves outcomes.Item Structured review of post-cardiotomy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: part 1 - Adult patients(Elsevier, 2019-11) Lorusso, Roberto; Raffa, Giuseppe Maria; Alenizy, Khalid; Sluijpers, Niels; Makhoul, Maged; Brodie, Daniel; McMullan, Mike; Wang, I-Wen; Meani, Paolo; MacLaren, Graeme; Kowalewski, Mariusz; Dalton, Heidi; Barbaro, Ryan; Hou, Xao-Tung; Cavarocchi, Nicholas; Chen, Yih-Sharng; Thiagarajan, Ravi; Alexander, Peta; Alsoufi, Bahaaldin; Bermudez, Christian A.; Shah, Ashish S.; Haft, Jonathan; D’Alessandro, David A.; Boeken, Udo; Whitman, Glenn J.R.; Medicine, School of MedicineCardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, acute respiratory failure, or a combination of such events, are all potential complications after cardiac surgery which lead to high mortality. Use of extracorporeal temporary cardio-circulatory and respiratory support for progressive clinical deterioration can facilitate bridging the patient to recovery or to more durable support. Over the last decade, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has emerged as the preferred temporary artificial support system in such circumstances. Many factors have contributed to widespread ECMO use, including the relative ease of implantation, effectiveness, versatility, low cost relative to alternative devices, and potential for full, not just partial circulatory support. While there have been numerous publications detailing the short and midterm outcomes of ECMO support, specific reports about post-cardiotomy ECMO (PC-ECMO), are limited, single-center experiences. Etiology of cardiorespiratory failure leading to ECMO implantation, associated ECMO complications, and overall patient outcomes may be unique to the PC-ECMO population. Despite the rise in PC-ECMO use over the past decade, short-term survival has not improved. This report, therefore, aims to present a comprehensive overview of the literature with respect to the prevalence of ECMO use, patient characteristics, ECMO management, and in-hospital and early post-discharge patient outcomes for those treated for post-cardiotomy heart, lung, or heart-lung failure.Item Survival outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest in pediatric patients in the USA(Springer, 2021-08) Hamzah, Mohammed; Othman, Hasan F.; Almasri, Murad; Al-Subu, Awni; Lutfi, Riad; Pediatrics, School of MedicineWe report on in-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes in the USA. The data were obtained from the National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample datasets for the years 2000–2017, which includes data from participating hospitals in 47 US states and the District of Columbia. We included pediatric patients (< 18 years of age) with cardiac arrest, and we excluded patients with no cardiopulmonary resuscitation during the hospitalization. Primary outcome of the study was in-hospital mortality after cardiac arrest. A multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with survival. A total of 20,654 patients were identified, and 8226 (39.82%) patients survived to discharge. The median length of stay and cost of hospitalization were significantly higher in the survivors vs. non-survivors (LOS 18 days vs. 1 day, and cost $187,434 vs. $45,811, respectively, p < 0.001). In a multivariable model, patients admitted to teaching hospitals, elective admissions, and those admitted on weekdays had higher survival (aOR=1.19, CI: 1.06–1.33; aOR=2.65, CI: 2.37–2.97; and aOR=1.17, CI: 1.07–1.27, respectively). There was no difference in mortality between patients with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E-CPR) and those with conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation. E-CPR patients were likely to have congenital heart surgery (51.0% vs. 20.8%). Conclusion: We highlighted the survival predictors in these events, which can guide future studies aimed at improving outcomes in pediatric cardiac arrest.