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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1356
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Kirk R. Kanter, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 1405 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322

(Email: kkanter@emory.edu).

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This report from Oslo, Norway [1] reviews 22 consecutive survivors of either cardiac (n = 13) or respiratory (n = 9) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) with careful neurocognitive testing on an average of 6 years after ECMO support. The authors found that 73% of these children had some neurologic impairment. On neurologic motor examination, 45% of the children were categorized as having mild-to-moderate impairment, and 27% exhibited severe impairment, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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