2023
Anticoagulation and hemostasis on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Carmona C, Nellis M, Karam O. Anticoagulation and hemostasis on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Current Opinion In Pediatrics 2023, 35: 297-302. PMID: 36974451, DOI: 10.1097/mop.0000000000001247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHemostatic transfusionsMembrane oxygenationPlatelet transfusionsProspective randomized trialsOptimal anticoagulation strategyExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationPlatelet transfusion strategyRecent systematic reviewHemostatic changesAnticoagulation strategiesFrequent complicationMost patientsThrombotic complicationsTransfusion strategyRandomized trialsCareful titrationObservational studyTransfusionSystematic reviewAnticoagulationECMOComplicationsBleedingTwo-fold decreaseRisk
2020
Epidemiology of Hemostatic Transfusions in Children Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Karam O, Goel R, Dalton H, Nellis ME. Epidemiology of Hemostatic Transfusions in Children Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Critical Care Medicine 2020, 48: e698-e705. PMID: 32697511, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationCollaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research NetworkChest tube outputMembrane oxygenationHemostatic transfusionsRBC transfusionTransfusion doseExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation daysLarge observational cohort studyEunice Kennedy Shriver National InstituteCritical Care Research NetworkTube outputPlatelet transfusion doseObservational cohort studyHuman Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research NetworkInternational normalized ratioTotal platelet countPartial thromboplastin timeAntithrombin levelsCohort studyConsecutive childrenTransfusion strategyChest tubePlatelet countHemostatic testing