Pediatric Animal Model of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation After Prolonged Circulatory ArrestMadeleine Ball *1,2, Sergio Benito *1,3, Juliana Pilar Caride 1, Cristina Ruiz-Herguido 1, Marta Camprubí-Camprubí 1,4, Joan Sanchez-de-Toledo 1,5,6
1Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute, 2Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 3Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, 4BCNatal-Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, 5Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, 6Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
This protocol describes a neonatal porcine model of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), with circulatory and cardiac arrest as a tool for studying severe brain damage and other complications secondary to CPB.