How I Approach Weaning from Venoarterial Ecmo

The Geat Britain and Ireland Perspective: Current Perfusion Safety Issues, Preparing for the Future

This paper focuses on the importance of careful assessment, implementation and documentation when a new component or technique is being introduced to the CPB circuit, even when the aim is to increase safety.

Central Venous O₂ Saturation and Venous-to-Arterial CO₂ Difference as Complementary Tools for Goal-Directed Therapy During High-Risk Surgery

We tested the hypothesis that central venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide difference (P(cv-a)CO2), a global index of tissue perfusion, could be used as a complementary tool to ScvO2 for goal-directed fluid therapy (GDT) to identify persistent low flow after optimization of preload has been achieved by fluid loading during high-risk surgery.