Release Date: 11/19/2010

Findings may help prevent brain damage in vulnerable patients

Johns Hopkins Children’s Center scientists have discovered that high blood levels of a protein commonly found in the central nervous system can predict brain injury and death in critically ill children on a form of life support called extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO.

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http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/Protein-Found-to-Predict-Brain-Injury-in-Children-on-ECMO-Life-Support.aspx