Children's Hospital of Michigan

Futility and Termination of Resuscitation Variation for Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

OBJECTIVES To evaluate agency-level differences in determinations of futility (defined as withholding resuscitative efforts by emergency medical services [EMS]) and termination of resuscitation (TOR) during prehospital encounters for pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA...

Cord Blood DNA Methylation and Large-for-Gestational-Age Birth: A Pilot Epigenome-Wide Study in the GROW Cohort

Background/Objectives: Large-for-gestational-age (LGA) birth is associated with adverse perinatal outcomes and increased risk of metabolic disease later in life. Despite these risks, epigenetic studies of LGA remain limited, particularly those using umbilical cord blood DNA methy...

Beating the Odds: Successful Thrombectomy Followed By Heart Transplant in a Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Patient

Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are increasingly used in pediatric patients with end-stage heart failure as a bridge to heart transplantation (HT). Thromboembolic stroke remains one of the most devastating complications and may jeopardize transplant candidacy. We report a 13-ye...