Thoracic surgery in patients on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Ioannis KarampinisAbdullah Al-ShammariPhilip HartleyMehul PatelDeepa R J ArachchillageSimon JordanLouit ThakuriaBen GarfieldStephane LedotSilviu BuderiPublished in: Perfusion (2022)
Thoracic surgeons can play a valuable role in supporting an ECMO unit during the COVID pandemic, by treating ECMO related complications and by safely performing surgical tracheostomies. Withholding anticoagulation in the perioperative window was not associated with increased thromboembolic events and is desirable when interventions or surgery is indicated in this patient cohort to avoid excessive bleeding.
Keyphrases
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- thoracic surgery
- mechanical ventilation
- atrial fibrillation
- respiratory failure
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- coronavirus disease
- minimally invasive
- sars cov
- newly diagnosed
- spinal cord
- prognostic factors
- physical activity
- patients undergoing
- peritoneal dialysis
- venous thromboembolism
- quality improvement
- coronary artery disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported
- surgical site infection
- weight loss