A case report: Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe blunt thoracic trauma.
Fumihiro OgawaTakuma SakaiKo TakahashiMakoto KatoKeishi YamaguchiSayo OkazakiTakeru AbeMasayuki IwashitaIchiro TakeuchiPublished in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (2019)
When we consider the use of ECMO for patients with uncontrollable, severe bleeding caused by blunt trauma, it may be necessary to use a higher flow setting for heparin-free ECMO than typically used for patients without trauma to prevent thrombosis.
Keyphrases
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- trauma patients
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- respiratory failure
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- early onset
- pulmonary embolism
- atrial fibrillation
- venous thromboembolism
- spinal cord
- intensive care unit
- growth factor
- patient reported outcomes