Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Oct 1998
Editorial Comment ReviewRelationship between TISS and costs in intensive care.
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To investigate the value of extracorporeal circulatory life support (ECLS) in paediatric patients with severe Bordetella pertussis infection. ⋯ The value of ECLS in patients with B. pertussis infection who present with major cardiac dysfunction is questionable. Such patients almost invariably have a poor outcome despite maximal therapy.