Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO): Guidelines for Pediatric Cardiac Failure

These guidelines are applicable to neonates and children with cardiac failure as indication for extracorporeal life support. These guidelines address patient selection, management during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and pathways for weaning support or bridging to other therapies. Equally important issues, such as personnel, training, credentialing, resources, follow-up, reporting, and quality assurance, are addressed in other Extracorporeal Life Support Organization documents or are center-specific.

Automated summary

These guidelines are for neonates and children with cardiac failure requiring extracorporeal life support, covering patient selection, management, and weaning or bridging to other therapies. Important issues such as personnel, training, resources, follow-up, reporting, and quality assurance are addressed in other documents or specific to each center.