Journal article
Neonatal ECMO Study of Temperature (NEST)--a randomised controlled trial.
- Abstract:
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BACKGROUND: Existing evidence indicates that once mature neonates with severe cardio-respiratory failure become eligible for Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) their chances of intact survival are doubled if they actually receive ECMO. However, significant numbers survive with disability. NEST is a multi-centre randomised controlled trial designed to test whether, in neonates requiring ECMO, cooling to 34 degrees C for the first 48 to 72 hours of their ECMO course leads to improved l...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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British Heart Foundation
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- Publisher:
- BioMed Central Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMC pediatrics Journal website
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 24
- Publication date:
- 2010-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-2431
- ISSN:
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1471-2431
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:258438
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uuid:8bf3235c-a92b-48d5-ba88-803b953b459b
- Local pid:
- pubs:258438
- Source identifiers:
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258438
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Field et al,
- Copyright date:
- 2010
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2010 Field et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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