Review of an international registry shows high survival rates, but the registry doesn't report neurological outcomes.
Worldwide, there has been some interest in using extracorporeal life support (ECLS) for critically ill victims of drowning. Using data from the international Extracorporeal Life Support registry, a voluntary collaboration of more than 400 centers, investigators reviewed outcomes for 247 patients who underwent ECLS after drowning between 1986 and 2015.
Patients were grouped according to whether they had no cardiac arrest (34%), cardiac arrest with return of spontaneous circulation prior to initiation of ECLS (35%), or ECLS initiated during cardiac arrest (31%). Survival was highest in patients without cardiac arrest (71%) compared with those with cardiac arrest and return of spontaneous circulation (57%) and those with ECLS initiated during a…
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Grant/Research SupportEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; MINDSOURCE
Editorial BoardsThe Quarterly Update: Reviews of Current Child Abuse Medical Research; Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesThe Helfer Society (Executive Committee Member)
DisclosuresRoyaltiesUpToDate
Grant/Research SupportEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; MINDSOURCE
Editorial BoardsThe Quarterly Update: Reviews of Current Child Abuse Medical Research; Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesThe Helfer Society (Executive Committee Member)