Pediatric Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ELSO Guidelines
Why Consider ECPR for Cardiopulmonary Arrest in Children? Because Conventional CPR may not be Sufficient to Optimize Outcomes in all Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrests Situations
Survival rates with good neurologic outcomes following conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for cardiopulmonary arrest, either in the in-hospital (IH) or out-of-hospital settings, have improved but remain poor in children.1–3 In general, a longer duration of CPR before the return of circulation is associated with decreased probability of survival,4,5 worse neurologic6, and neuropsychologic outcomes among survivors.