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Validation of Transcutaneous Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Using an Artificial Lung During Adult Pulsatile Cardiopulmonary Bypass
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Centrifugal and Roller Pumps in Neonatal & Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
A total of four studies with 9111 patients were included. There was a statistically significant difference in in-hospital mortality, favoring the groups where roller pumps were used. Roller pumps were associated with fewer episodes of hemolysis, mechanical complications, cardiac complications, renal complications, and less inotropic support. ECMO with roller pumps may be associated with lower mortality in children. Roller pumps were associated with fewer complications, as well as reduced hemolysis and use of inotropes.