Investigation on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation application in pediatric intensive care unit in China

To review the use of non-open chest extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in China. The survey was conducted in 28 tertiary hospitals in China mainland from March to October 2015. All children 28 d) and neonatal patients (age 0-28 d). For non-normally distributed measurement data, two groups were compared using independent samples of the Mann Whitney U test and for categorical data constitute ratio were compared by χ(2) test or Fisher's exact test. A total of 63 patients received non-open chest ECMO support during this study, including 51 pediatric patients and 12 neonates. For 51 pediatric patients, their mean age was 55.5 (15.0-117.0) months, and mean weight was 17.5 (10.0-32.9)