Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a useful therapeutic alternative in the management of refractory respiratory failure in children. ECMO is a therapy that since 1985 has shown to have a survival rate of 53% in this group, with survival rates in recent years of 63%, especially if the etiology is respiratory syncytial virus.
Otto M González-Pardo* and Gabriel Cassalett-Bustillo
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