Extracorporeal Oxygenation and COVID-19 Epidemic is the Membrane Fail-Safe to Cross Contamination?
We concluded that it is possible for SARS-CoV-2 to cross the membrane and aerosolize through the gas-exit port of the membrane lung. This phenomenon might be dependent on the presence of viral traces in the bloodstream and on the occurrence of fibers damage, which are both considered rare scenarios.
Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Respiratory Failure in COVID-19 Patients
This is 1 the first case series describing VV ECMO outcomes in COVID-19 patients. Our initial data suggest that VV ECMO can be successfully utilized in appropriately selected COVID-19 patients with advanced respiratory failure.
COVID-19 Outbreak in France: Setup and Activities of a Mobile Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Team During the First 3 Weeks
The setup of a mobile ECMO team within an experienced ECMO center is feasible and may help in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Thrombosis and coagulopathy in COVID-19 patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
The purpose of this editorial is to briefly discuss COVID19-associated procoagulant and anticoagulant states in the context of ECMO support.
Turning Things Around: The Role of Prone Positioning in the Management of Acute Respiratory Failure After Cardiac Surgery
Prone positioning can be considered for the treatment of ARF after cardiac surgery to improve short-term respiratory conditions and possibly facilitate ECMO weaning.
Massive Pulmonary Embolism: Embolectomy or Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation?
Although surgical embolectomy continues to be the initial treatment of choice in massive pulmonary embolism with contraindications or failed fibrinolysis, the use of ECMO in these high-risk patients provides an important tool in managing this often fatal condition.
How I Manage Drainage Insufficiency on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
We propose a physiology-based algorithmic approach to the management of drainage insufficiency.
Joint Society of Critical Care Medicine-Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Task Force Position Paper on the Role of the Intensivist in the Initiation and Management of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
The role of the intensivist in the care of patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation continues to evolve and grow, especially when knowledge and familiarity of the issues surrounding extracorporeal membrane oxygenation selection, cannulation, and management are applied.
Venoarterial-Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Without Routine Systemic Anticoagulation Decreases Adverse Events
Patients supported on VA-ECMO without other indications for anticoagulation can be treated without systemic anticoagulation during their VA-ECMO course.
Joint Perfusion COVID-19 Task Force Webinar 5/14/2020
Join the Joint Perfusion COVID-19 Task Force for the next live webinar on Thursday, May 14 to hear from physicians from around the world on COVID-19 treatments, reopening ORs, and starting up CPB again.
Global Effort to Collect Data on Ventilated Patients With COVID-19
They called their study ECMOCARD, short for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease.
Gas Exchange Calculation may Estimate Changes in Pulmonary Blood Flow during Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Porcine model.
VCO2 of the lung correlated strongly with pulmonary blood flow. Our model could predict pulmonary blood flow changes within clinically acceptable margins of error.