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Patients: Neonates cannulated to VA ECMO for respiratory failure from 2012 to 2022 who had an OCT. Patients with congenital heart disease were excluded. Measurements and Main Results: A total of 63 neonates were included, of whom 13 patients died (20.6%). Oxygenation indices compared before and during OCT include PaO2, Delta PaO2, P\/F ratios, Alveolar-arterial gradient, arterial\/alveolar ratios, and shunt fraction. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test demonstrated increases in all oxygenation indices during OCT compared to pre-OCT, except for P\/F ratios. There were no differences in oxygenation indices between survivors and non-survivors during OCT. However, after decannulation, all oxygenation indices were worse in non-survivors (p &lt; 0.05). Linear regression analysis demonstrated that delta FiO2 on the ventilator, P\/F before OCT, and ECMO flow during OCT significantly affected PaO2 response during OCT. Shunt fraction above 28.8% after decannulation demonstrated the highest discriminatory ability for mortality (AUC 0.853). Conclusions: The OCT response during ECMO is not a reliable predictor of survival in neonates on VA ECMO, and its value in assessing readiness for ECMO trial-off warrants further evaluation. Further studies investigating the role of oxygenation indices at the time of trial-off for predicting outcomes may be helpful.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children13081107","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,19]],"date-time":"2026-08-19T07:58:23Z","timestamp":1787126303000},"page":"1107","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Oxygenation Indices with Oxygen Challenge Test in Neonates During VA ECMO"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0386-1629","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abhinav","family":"Totapally","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Critical Care Medicine, Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital, Miami, FL 33155, USA"},{"name":"Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33155, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Camila","family":"De Avila","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Critical Care Medicine, Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital, Miami, FL 33155, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7354-5552","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Keith","family":"Meyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Critical Care Medicine, Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital, Miami, FL 33155, USA"},{"name":"Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33155, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lian","family":"Santiago","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Critical Care Medicine, Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital, Miami, FL 33155, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Felipe","family":"Pedroso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33155, USA"},{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital, Miami, FL 33155, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fuad","family":"Alkhoury","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33155, USA"},{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital, Miami, FL 33155, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5257-1767","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Balagangadhar R.","family":"Totapally","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Critical Care Medicine, Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital, Miami, FL 33155, USA"},{"name":"Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33155, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"131","DOI":"10.1097\/MAT.0000000000002128","article-title":"Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry International Report 2022: 100,000 Survivors","volume":"70","author":"Tonna","year":"2024","journal-title":"ASAIO J."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1334","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.106.6.1334","article-title":"The changing demographics of neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients reported to the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Registry","volume":"106","author":"Roy","year":"2000","journal-title":"Pediatrics"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"F129","DOI":"10.1136\/adc.2008.141051","article-title":"Neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Practice patterns and predictors of outcome in the UK","volume":"94","author":"Karimova","year":"2009","journal-title":"Arch. 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