Miscategorization of Deaths in the US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Events Database

Application of Veno-Arterial-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Differential Hypoxia

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) through the femoral vein and artery may cause differential hypoxia, i.e., lower PaO2 in the upper body than in the lower body, because of normal cardiac output with severe impairment of pulmonary function.