Bridging Children to Lung Transplantation Using Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Editorial

Ryan P Barbaro et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;19(3):357-359.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202112-1325ED.

¹ Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

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Figures

Mortality after Lung Transplantation for Children Bridged with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Thompson K, Staffa SJ, Nasr VG, Zalieckas JM, Fynn-Thompson F, Boyer D, Thiagarajan RR. Thompson K, et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Mar;19(3):415-423. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202103-250OC. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022. PMID: 34619069

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