Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and bloodstream infection in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Sarah KeeneTheresa R GroverKarna MurthyEugenia K PallottoBeverly BrozanskiJason GienIsabella ZanilettiYvette R JohnsonRuth B SeabrookNicolas F M PortaBeth HabermanRobert DiGeronimoNatalie Rintoulnull null

Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2019)

Confirmed BSI is rare in infants with CDH treated with ECMO in the first week, but increases with the duration of ECMO. Use of antibiotics was extensive and did not correspond to infection frequency.

Keyphrases

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
respiratory failure
mechanical ventilation
escherichia coli
klebsiella pneumoniae
newly diagnosed
placebo controlled
double blind