Prospective longitudinal evaluation of lung function during the first year of life after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Objective: To collect longitudinal data on lung function in the first year of life after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and to evaluate relationships between lung function and perinatal factors. Longitudinal data on lung function in the first year of life after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation are lacking.

Design: Prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Follow-up of newborns treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a nationwide evaluation at 5 years of age.

Introduction: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a supportive cardiopulmonary bypass technique for babies with acute reversible cardiorespiratory failure. We assessed morbidity in ECMO survivors at the age of five years, when they start primary school and major decisions for their school careers must be made.

Methods: Five-year-old neonatal venoarterial-ECMO survivors from the two designated ECMO centres in The Netherlands (Erasmus MC--Sophia Children's Hospital in Rotterdam, and University Medical Center Nijmegen) were assessed within the framework of an extensive follow-up programme.

Routine enteral nutrition in neonates on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Objectives: To evaluate over a 5-yr period the feasibility and tolerance of a protocol of routine enteral nutrition in neonates requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

Design: Retrospective medical chart review.

Setting: Level III children's hospital, pediatric surgical intensive care unit.