The Incubator
The Incubator
Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#475 - ๐ŸŸ  [CHNC 2026] - Is Withholding ECMO in CAKUT Still Ethically Justified?
17 minutes Posted Oct 29, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail When a baby with a congenital kidney anomaly develops pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension, should ECMO be on the table? Recording live at the CHNC Symposium, Daphna sits down with Dr. Abhishek Makkar and Dr. Saeed Ahmed of Childrenโ€™s Health in Dallas to discuss CAKUT, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract. They share findings from their multicenter survey of CHNC and pediatric ECMO centers, which found that only about 10% of centers have guidelines,...