PMID- 35872781 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220726 IS - 2296-858X (Print) IS - 2296-858X (Electronic) IS - 2296-858X (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2022 TI - The Changing Landscape of Anticoagulation in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Use of the Direct Thrombin Inhibitors. PG - 887199 LID - 10.3389/fmed.2022.887199 [doi] LID - 887199 AB - Bleeding and thrombosis frequently occur in pediatric patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy. Until now, most patients are anticoagulated with unfractionated heparin (UFH). However, heparin has many disadvantages, such as binding to other plasma proteins and endothelial cells in addition to antithrombin, causing an unpredictable response, challenging monitoring, development of heparin resistance, and risk of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Direct thrombin inhibitors (DTIs), such as bivalirudin and argatroban, might be a good alternative. This review will discuss the use of both UFH and DTIs in pediatric patients with ECMO therapy. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Neunert, Chitlur and van Ommen. FAU - Neunert, Cindy AU - Neunert C AD - Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States. FAU - Chitlur, Meera AU - Chitlur M AD - Division of Hematology, Oncology, Carmen and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Central Michigan University, Detroit, MI, United States. FAU - van Ommen, Cornelia Heleen AU - van Ommen CH AD - Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center University Medical Center Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20220706 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Med (Lausanne) JT - Frontiers in medicine JID - 101648047 PMC - PMC9299072 OTO - NOTNLM OT - anticoagulation OT - argatroban OT - bivalirudin OT - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation OT - pediatric OT - unfractionated heparin COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/07/26 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/26 06:01 PMCR- 2022/07/06 CRDT- 2022/07/25 03:25 PHST- 2022/03/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/06/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/07/25 03:25 [entrez] PHST- 2022/07/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/07/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fmed.2022.887199 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Jul 6;9:887199. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.887199. eCollection 2022.