Traumatic respiratory failure and veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support.
Ismael A Salas De ArmasBindu AkkantiPratik B DoshiManish PatelSachin KumarM Hakan AkayRahat HussainKha DinhMuhammad Yasir BalochMahmoud Samy AhmedIgor BanjacMarwan F JumeanKelly McGinnessLisa M JanowiakKriti Mittal AgrawalSriram NathanJohn ZakiLuis NietoKimberly KleinEthan TaubHlaing TintJayeshkumar A PatelAngelo NascimbeneBiswajit KarIgor D GregoricPublished in: Perfusion (2021)
Survival rates of trauma patients in this study are equivalent to, or may exceed, those of non-trauma patients who receive ECMO support for other types of RF. With the employment of a multidisciplinary team assessment and proper patient selection, early cannulation, traumatic RF may be safely supported with VV ECMO in experienced centers.