Nitric Oxide on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Neonates and Children (NECTAR Trial): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Adrian C Mattke   ^{1, 2, 3} , MD ;   Kerry Johnson   ^{1, 3} , BN ;   Kristen Gibbons   ³ , PhD ;   Debbie Long   ⁴ , PhD ;   Jeremy Robertson   ⁵ , MBBS ;   Prem S Venugopal   ^{2, 6} , MD ;   Antje Blumenthal   ⁷ , PhD ;   Andreas Schibler   ⁸ , MD ;   Luregn Schlapbach   ^{2, 9} , PhD

¹ Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Health Queensland, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia

² School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Australia

³ Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia

⁴ School of Nursing, Centre for Healthcare Transformation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

⁵ Paediatric Haematology and Haemophilia Service, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia

⁶ Department for Cardiac Surgery, Queensland Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia

⁷ Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

⁸ Wesley Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia

⁹ University Children's Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland