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COVID-19 outcomes of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure vs historical cohort of non-COVID-19 viral infections.

Sagar B DaveRonald RabinowitzAakash ShahAli TabatabaiSamuel M GalvagnoMichael A MazzeffiRaymond RectorDavid J KaczorowskiThomas M ScaleaJay Menaker
Published in: Perfusion (2022)
COVID-19 patients supported with VV ECMO have a higher mortality than non-COVID-19 patients. While COVID-19 survivors had significantly longer VV ECMO runs than non-COVID-19 survivors, HLOS was similar. This data add to a growing body of literature supporting the use of ECMO for potentially reversible causes of respiratory failure.
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