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Extracorporeal circulation in neonatal respiratory failure: A prospective randomized study

Robert H. Bartlett, +2 more
- 01 Mar 1987 - 
- Vol. 2, Iss: 1, pp 76-77
TLDR
A prospective controlled randomized study of the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to treat newborns with respiratory failure using the "randomized play-the-winner" statistical method, which allows lung rest and improves survival compared to conventional ventilator therapy in newborn infants with severe respiratory failure.
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This article is published in Journal of Critical Care.The article was published on 1987-03-01. It has received 549 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Extracorporeal circulation.

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Analysis of homogeneity of treatment effect in adaptive multicenter clinical trials

TL;DR: An exact test for analyzing the homogeneity of treatment effect in adaptive multicenter clinical trials is proposed and should be used to incorporate the adaptive nature of the design.
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The Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Wish

Jay P. Goldsmith
- 01 Aug 1994 - 
TL;DR: Since 1976, when Bartlett and coworkers 1 first described four of 14 surviving pediatric patients treated with ECMO, there has been a slow, but increasing, movement to embrace this technology.
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The Story of ECLS: History and Future

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