Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children with oncohematological diseases

Abstract

The development of modern technologies and an increase in the incidence of severe pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome in children with oncohematological diseases provide some evidence for the medical society to reconsider the indications for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in this group of patients. The literature review presents an analysis of recent studies on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation usage in children with oncohematological diseases and after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The reviewed studies revealed an improvement of the survival rate among such patients over the last decade.