Perfusion.com Cardiovascular News Roundup: September 19, 2022
Weekly roundup of interesting reads for the perfusion community, this week including new reviews, COVID trials, transplant news, and interesting findings on blood groups.
Perfusion.com Cardiovascular News Roundup: <br>September 15, 2022</br>
Weekly roundup of interesting reads for the perfusion community, this week including new reviews, COVID trials, transplant news, and interesting findings on blood groups.
Perfusion.com Cardiovascular News Roundup: <br>September 7, 2022</br>
Weekly roundup of interesting reads for the perfusion community, this week including new reviews, COVID trials, transplant news, and interesting findings on blood groups.
Key Characteristics Impacting Survival of COVID-19 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Structural and patient-related factors, including age, comorbidities and ECMO case volume, determined the survival of COVID-19 ECMO. These factors combined with a more liberal ECMO indication during the 2nd wave may explain the reasonably overall low survival rate. Careful selection of patients and treatment in high volume ECMO centers was associated with higher odds of ICU survival.
Cytokine Adsorption Therapy during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Adult Patients with COVID-19
This case series aimed to contribute to the body of evidence substantiating CAT utilization in hyperinflammatory patients, namely, COVID-19 patients requiring ECMO rescue.
Pregnant/Peripartum Women with COVID-19 High Survival with ECMO: An ELSO Registry Analysis
We investigated the survival and complications of pregnant/peripartum women with COVID19 supported with V-V ECMO reported to the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Registry.
Outcomes and their State-Level Variation in Patients Undergoing Surgery with Perioperative SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the USA: A Prospective Multicenter Study
Patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection have a significantly high risk for postoperative complications, especially elderly males. Postponing elective surgery and adopting non-operative management, when reasonable, should be considered in the USA during the pandemic peaks.
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19: Evolving Outcomes from the International Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry
Mortality after ECMO for patients with COVID-19 worsened during 2020. These findings inform the role of ECMO in COVID-19 for patients, clinicians, and policy makers.
Clinical Characteristics Between Survivors and Nonsurvivors of COVID-19 Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Support: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
We found advanced age, multiple comorbidities, lower pre-ECMO pH, greater RRT, and vasopressor requirements, and bleeding are predictors of death in COVID-19 patients requiring ECMO support. The duration of MV before ECMO support initiation and total ECMO support duration was similar among survivors and nonsurvivors. Our study results have important clinical implications when considering ECMO support in critically ill COVID-19 patients.
COVID Convalescence—A Boon or Bane in Cardiac Surgery?: A “Second Hit” Hypothesis
A “convalescent COVID-19” patient with “first hit” at primary infection, encountering a “second hit” of surgery and perioperative insults, might have a hyperimmune response. This “second hit” hypothesis should be considered when COVID-19 convalescent (COVID-19 symptomatic or asymptomatic) patients undergo cardiac surgery and present with unusual complicatio
Beneficial Effect of Prone Positioning During Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Coronavirus Disease 2019
Our study highlights that prone positioning during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for refractory coronavirus disease 2019-related acute respiratory distress syndrome is associated with reduced mortality. Given the observational nature of the study, a randomized controlled trial of prone positioning on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is needed to confirm these findings.
Early Outcomes of Cardiac Surgical Patients Who Developed COVID-19 in the Peri-Operative Period-Results from An Online Survey
The development of peri-operative COVID in cardiac surgery was associated with very high mortality. We believe that it is time for us as a fraternity to introspect and adapt to the changing practice environment, furthered by research and revision of guidelines.