Risk factors for healthcare-associated infections in children undergoing ECMO after cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease: A retrospective study

Fanwei Meng; Bing Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0348220

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Risk factors for healthcare-associated infections in children undergoing ECMO after cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease: A retrospective study

Fanwei Meng,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Emergency, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Extracorporeal Circulation and Extracorporeal Life Support, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4069-5042

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Bing Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cb20202023@163.com

Affiliation Department of Emergency, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Risk factors for healthcare-associated infections in children undergoing ECMO after cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease: A retrospective study

Fanwei Meng,
Bing Chen

Published: May 11, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0348220

About the Authors

Fanwei Meng

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Emergency, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Extracorporeal Circulation and Extracorporeal Life Support, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4069-5042

Bing Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cb20202023@163.com

Affiliation Department of Emergency, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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