Extracorporeal Life Support in Adult Patients with Hematologic Malignancies and Acute Circulatory and/or Respiratory Failure.

Sungbin Cho Won Chul Cho Ju Yong Lim Pil-Je Kang

Published in: The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019)

ECMO is a useful treatment for patients with circulatory and/or pulmonary failure. However, in patients with HM, the outcomes of ECMO treatment results were very poor, so it is advisable to carefully decide whether to apply ECMO to these patients.

Keyphrases

respiratory failure
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
mechanical ventilation
end stage renal disease

chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
intensive care unit
newly diagnosed

pulmonary hypertension
metabolic syndrome
prognostic factors
liver failure

type diabetes
combination therapy
skeletal muscle
replacement therapy