Glial fibrillary acidic protein as a brain injury biomarker in children undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation*

Abstract

High glial fibrillary acidic protein during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is significantly associated with acute brain injury and death. Brain injury biomarkers may aid in outcome prediction and neurologic monitoring of patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to improve outcomes and benchmark new therapies.