Sepsis in pediatric Extra Corporal Life Support (ECLS): the 6 year British Columbia experience
G Kaczala, S Paulus, N Al-Dajani, W Jang, E Blondel-Hill, S Dobson, A Cogswell, A Singh · Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2006 · Heft 11
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Introduction: Sepsis in patients supported with ECLS is a well known complication. Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) reported an overall incidence of 8.7% culture proven infections on 28,545 neonatal and pediatric patients (1). Incidence of infection in neonatal and pediatric patients varied: I. Respiratory ECLS –6.5% (neonatal), 20.8% (pediatric) II. Cardiac ECLS –8.2% (neonatal) and 12.6% (pediatric). Method: At BC Children's Hospital (BCCH), daily surveillance blood cultures are done on all patients during the duration of their ECLS run. All positive blood cultures (+ve BC) reported by the labor…
