Journal article
Anticoagulation during extracorporeal life support
Abstract
Extracorporeal life support is a modified form of cardiopulmonary bypass used in patients with respiratory and/or cardiac failure in whom conventional therapy has failed and it is believed that the underlying organ dysfunction is reversible. During the provision of extracorporeal life support there is continuous contact between circulating blood and the foreign surfaces of the extracorporeal circuit. This exposure of blood to non-biologic …
Authors
Lequier L; Chan A
Journal
Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 81–85
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2005
DOI
10.1016/j.ppedcard.2005.09.010
ISSN
1058-9813