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#475 - 🟠 [CHNC 2026] - Is Withholding ECMO in CAKUT Still Ethically Justified?
#475 - 🟠 [CHNC 2026] - Is Withholding ECMO in CAKUT Still Ethically Justified?
Send us Fan Mail When a baby with a congenital kidney anomaly develops pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension, should ECMO be on the table? Recording live at the CHNC Symposium, Daphna sits down with Dr. Abhishek Makkar and Dr. Saeed Ahmed of Children’s Health in Dallas to discuss CAKUT, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract. They share findings from their multicenter survey of CHNC and pediatric ECMO centers, which found that only about 10% of centers have guidelines,...