Association between enteral feeding and gastrointestinal complications in children receiving extracorporeal life support: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Extracorporeal life support is an accepted treatment modality for children with severe cardiac and/or respiratory dysfunction. However, after a period of inadequate gut perfusion, clinicians are often reluctant to initiate enteral nutrition.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study in a single large pediatric intensive care unit in North West England over 5.