Carnitine deficiency among hospitalized pediatric patients: A retrospective study of critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy.

The qualitative status of normal or deficient free carnitine did not reach statistical significance for any specific transfusion product; however, nearly 88% ( n = 29/33) of ECMO patients who were carnitine deficient had received a red blood cell transfusion in the 24 h prior to sample collection (see Table 1 ).

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