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In March 2022, Imran Ali and Devika Kannan released a paper that sought to advance the body of knowledge surrounding healthcare operations and supply chain management through a literature review. The full manuscript by Ali et al. can be found in the Annals of Operations Research. The result of the literature review is detailed below.

The key to counteracting emergent diseases (such as the COVID-19 outbreak) and promoting the health and well-being of patients lies in the effective and efficient delivery of healthcare services. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the literature surrounding healthcare operations and supply chain management has seen immense growth. However, previous literature reviews possessed varying scopes and emphases focused on a specific topic.

A study published in March assessed how outcome definitions, study population, and ECMO-, transfusion-, and coagulation- related parameters were described in pediatric ECMO studies. The complete manuscript was written by Joppe Drop, Suelyn Van Den Helm, Paul Monagle, Enno Wildschut, Matthijs de Hoog, Sabrina T.G. Gunput, Fiona Newall, Heidi J. Dalton, Graeme MacLaren, Vera Ignjatovic, and C. Heleen van Ommen. It can be found in Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. The significant findings are detailed below.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is often used in children with severe refractory cardiac or pulmonary failure and has dramatically increased use with pediatric patients. Despite this, cases with hemostatic complications such as thrombosis and bleeding remain high in children. The purpose of the reported systemic review was to form a foundation for a standardized ECMO framework by assessing how ECMO-related parameters and complications were described within existing studies.