Low-Field Bedside MRI for Detection of Acute Brain Injury in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Summary
The primary objective is to characterize the prevalence and type of ABI following cannulation for pediatric patients who require ECMO support. The secondary objective is to describe the time course and rates of ABI using ultralow-field bedside MRI relative to both duration of ECMO support and clinical imaging obtained in routine care of pediatric ECMO patients.
Description
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is frequently used to treat refractory cardiovascular and/or respiratory failure. As the support modality has evolved, survival has significantly improved, yet there are high rates of acute brain injury (ABI) in this population due to disease, patient, and treatment factors. This results in significant morbidity and mortality. Specifically, thromboembolic, hypoxic-ischemic, and hemorrhagic complications occur during ECMO support, but the investigators are limited in the monitoring and diagnosis of ABI while on ECMO as currently available imaging modal…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 0–17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria * Participants that will be or are admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, or the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit * Ages 0-17 years * Participants that are at high risk for undergoing ECMO or are currently undergoing venovenous or venoarterial ECMO • High risk participants include, but are not limited to: * Undergoing cardiac surgery * Congenital heart disease * Congenital diaphragmatic hernia * Refractory hypoxemic and/or hypercarbic respiratory failure * Vasoactive-refractory shock Exclusion Criteria * Pregnancy * Active implants such…
Interventions
- DeviceHyperfine
Enrolled subjects will undergo a Hyperfine MRI exam, which is a portable, low-field MRI, at various timepoints during their clinical course on ECMO. Patients will undergo imaging within 36 hours of ECMO initiation/cannulation. Patients that remain on ECMO will have repeat imaging at 72-120 hours of ECMO therapy and again weekly for the duration of their ECMO course. Patients will also undergo a portable MRI within 24 hours of clinical head imaging, if applicable.
Location
- Children's MercyKansas City, Missouri