Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Restrictive and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Single Center Experience.

Patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) were previously considered poor candidates for mechanical circulatory support due to technical limitations related to restrictive ventricular physiology and small ventricular size, limiting the ability to provide adequate flows and decompress the heart. Literature examining use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in this population consists of a single case series reporting no survivors. We report our experience providing ECMO in children with RCM or HCM at a large pediatric quaternary cardiac center.

A Robust Malaria Cell Detection Framework Using Adaptive and Atrous Convolution-Based Recurrent Mobilenetv2 with Trans-MobileUNet + + -Based Abnormality Segmentation.

The highly contagious malaria disease is spread by the female Anopheles mosquito. This disease results in a patient's death or incapacity to move their muscles, if it is not appropriately identified in the early stages. A Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) is a frequently used approach to find malaria cells in red blood cells.

Is there a role for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children with acute liver failure? A retrospective analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry.

Unlabelled: Data describing the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) are scarce. Thus, we aimed to describe the use of ECMO in patients with PALF using the data from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Registry between January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2022. We described patients' characteristics at ECMO initiation, outcome, and factors associated with mortality.

Nutrition Provision in Children with Heart Disease on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).

Nutrition provision for children with heart disease supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) involves nuanced decision making. We examined nutrition provision while on ECMO in the CICU and the relationship between energy and protein adequacy and end organ function as assessed by pediatric sequential organ failure assessment (pSOFA) scores in children with heart disease supported with ECMO. Children (≤ 21 years-old) with congenital or acquired heart disease who received ECMO in the cardiac intensive care unit were included.