Is anticoagulation with bivalirudin comparable to heparin for pediatric extracorporeal life support? Results from a high-volume center

Nursing and Health Professions

• Extracorporeal Life Support 100%
• Child 66%
• Bivalirudin 61%
• Heparin 44%
• Anticoagulation 16%
• Survival 16%
• Pediatrics 11%
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 5%
• Fresh Frozen Plasma 5%
• Plasma Transfusion 5%
• Thrombocyte Transfusion 5%
• Coronary Care Unit 5%
• Volume 5%
• Thrombin Inhibitor 5%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Bivalirudin 61%
• Heparin 44%
• Patient 22%
• Discharge 22%
• Anticoagulation 16%
• Survival 16%
• Neonates 11%
• Blood Product 5%
• Thrombocyte Transfusion 5%
• Plasma Transfusion 5%
• Direct Thrombin Inhibitor 5%
• Erythrocyte 5%

Neuroscience

• Bivalirudin 61%
• Pediatrics 16%
• Platelet 5%
• Direct Thrombin Inhibitor 5%