Association of Cerebral Oxymetry with Short-Term Outcome in Critically ill Children Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Cerebral desaturation attested by NIRS was associated with a poor short-term outcome in children of all ages undergoing ECMO, and rScO2 > 80% seemed to be protective. NIRS monitoring might be included within multimodal neuromonitoring to assess the risk of the brain injury related to pediatric ECMO.