Frontiers in Pediatrics (Apr 2018)

Adjunctive Therapies During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to Enhance Multiple Organ Support in Critically Ill Children

  • Marguerite Orsi Canter,
  • Jessica Daniels,
  • Brian C. Bridges

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2018.00078
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6

Abstract

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Since the advent of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) over 40 years ago, there has been increasing interest in the use of the extracorporeal circuit as a platform for providing multiple organ support. In this review, we will examine the evidence for the use of continuous renal replacement therapy, therapeutic plasma exchange, leukopheresis, adsorptive therapies, and extracorporeal liver support in conjunction with ECMO.

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