Concomitant medications, respiratory support, complications and outcomes were also recorded.
Using peripheral veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for circulatory support, in patients with concomitant respiratory failure, may cause differential hypoxia [ 1].
In the event of a hospitalization, relevant hospital records were reviewed by the site's research nurse for hospitalization criteria, length of stay, days on respiratory support and/or intubation, potential concomitant illnesses, type of diagnostic RSV test, and medical diagnosis at the time of hospital admission as reported in the discharge summary.
Treatment is supportive, including aggressive respiratory support such a tracheostomy and sleep-time ventilatory support.
Where there is concomitant respiratory failure or high ventilatory settings or when biventricular support is desired through a percutaneous approach, ECMO is more appropriate.
Stratification for documented reflux (by radiographic contrast or by pH probe analysis), concomitant use of methylxanthines or ranitidine, developmental age, feeding volume, and respiratory support did not identify a subgroup of patients whose apnea improved with antireflux treatment.
Many of them are candidates for extracorporeal support, as a bridge to recovery (e.g. following surgery or as a result of concomitant respiratory infection), surgical revision (e.g. thrombosis of the conduits) or ventricular assist device implantation and transplantation (e.g. irreversible myocardial failure due to uncorrectable atrioventricular valve regurgitation and chronic volume overload).
In the hospital, they'll get IV and respiratory support".
But when we accounted for their concomitant respiratory infections, the effects were no longer significant".
Most deaths have occurred among those who needed mechanical respiratory support.
