Progressive increase in D-dimer levels during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation can predict membrane oxygenator failure in children given hematopoietic stem cell transplantation?

J Crit Care. 2016 Feb;31(1):262-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.09.010. Epub 2015 Sep 25.

Authors

Matteo Di Nardo¹, Pietro Merli², Corrado Cecchetti³, Elisabetta Pasotti³, Alice Bertaina², Franco Locatelli²

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Piazza Sant'Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: matteo.dinardo@opbg.net.
² Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Piazza Sant'Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy.
³ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Piazza Sant'Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy.

PMID: 26476579
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.09.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Equipment Failure*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / instrumentation*
Female
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / analysis*
Humans
Male
Oxygenators*
Oxygenators, Membrane*
Platelet Count*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / blood*
Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy*
Thrombosis / diagnosis*

Substances

Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products