Unexpected survival after a prolonged extra-hospital refractory cardiac arrest in a one-year-old child

Anne Lise Mary, Julie Starck, Erik Hervieux, Sandrine Jean, Julia Guilbert, Cyril Guillier, Yohan Soreze, Pierre Louis Léger, Jerome Rambaud, Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Armand-Trousseau Hospital, Sorbonne University, Pediatric and Neonatal General Surgery, Armand-Trousseau Hospital, Sorbonne University

Perfusion

Published online on June 06, 2026

Abstract

Perfusion, Volume 41, Issue 5, Page 780-783, July 2026.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) during cardiac arrest resuscitation (E-CPR) is the last resort therapy in case of refractory cardiac arrest. Despite promising results in intra-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), the prognosis of extra-hospital ...