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Characterizing the Racial Discrepancy in Hypoxemia Detection in Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Analysis
PurposeSkin pigmentation influences peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ) compared to arterial saturation of oxygen (SaO 2 ). Occult hypoxemia (SaO 2 ≤ 88...
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Age and associated outcomes among patients receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation–analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry
PurposeVenoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) can be used to support severely ill patients with cardiogenic shock. While age is...
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Age and associated outcomes among patients receiving venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure: analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry
PurposeVenovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) can be used to support patients with refractory acute respiratory failure, though...
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Percutaneous cannulation is associated with lower rate of severe neurological complication in femoro-femoral ECPR: results from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry
BackgroundPercutaneous cannulation is now accepted as the first-line strategy for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) in adults....
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Complication accrual impacts pediatric extracorporeal life support mortality
IntroductionThis study tested the hypothesis that complication accrual during pediatric extracorporeal life support (ECLS) increases mortality...
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Use of extracorporeal therapies to treat life-threatening intoxications
Toxic ingestions are a significant cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality, with some requiring extracorporeal removal for therapy. Given the...
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Advances in Extracorporeal Support Technologies in Critically Ill Children
The field of pediatric heart failure is evolving, and the patient population is growing as survival after complex congenital heart surgeries is...
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Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiac support in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients: a case report and review of a multicentre registry
BackgroundHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is associated with increased risk of heart failure via multiple mechanisms both in patients with and...
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Extrakorporale Membranoxygenierung und „extracorporeal life support“ im Kindesalter und bei angeborenen Herzfehlern
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and extracorporeal life support (ECLS) involve the use of a miniaturized heart-lung machine, which is...
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Sex differences in utilisation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support and outcomes in Taiwan
BackgroundThe impact of sex-related differences in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support (ECMO) support is still...
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Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in the resuscitation from extreme metabolic acidosis (pH < 6.5) after drowning cardiac arrest: a case report
BackgroundResuscitation in drowning victim with cardiac arrest is difficult because of severe metabolic acidosis and multiple organ dysfunction....
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Prevalence, reasons, and timing of decisions to withhold/withdraw life-sustaining therapy for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
BackgroundExtracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is rapidly becoming a common treatment strategy for patients with refractory cardiac...
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Respiratory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
BackgroundThe use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has increased...
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Definitions of major bleeding for predicting mortality in critically ill adult patients who survived 24 hours while supported with peripheral veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiogenic shock: a comparative historical cohort study
PurposeThe severity of bleeding events is heterogeneously defined during peripheral veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (pVA-ECMO). We...
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Cardiac Patients After Extracorporeal Life Support
Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) is often considered successful if the child leaves intensive care alive. For the child and family, a major concern...
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Reduced anticoagulation targets in extracorporeal life support (RATE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundAlthough life-saving in selected patients, ECMO treatment still has high mortality which for a large part is due to treatment-related...
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The physiological underpinnings of life-saving respiratory support
Treatment of respiratory failure has improved dramatically since the polio epidemic in the 1950s with the use of invasive techniques for respiratory...
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Epidemiology of ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
BackgroundWhile venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) provides lifesaving support for cardiopulmonary failure, complications...
