Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and COVID-19: The causes of failure.
Zargham Hossein AhmadiAlireza JahangirifardBehrooz FarzaneganPayam TabarsiZahra AbtahianAtefeh AbediniMehrzad SharifiAmir Naser JadbabaeiYadollah MafhumiAli MoslemMarjan SistaniSahar YousefianAli SaffaeiFarzaneh DastanPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)
Hypercoagulability state and oxygenator failure were the most main etiologies for VV-ECMO failure in our study. All patients with COVID-19 undergoing VV-ECMO should be monitored for such problems and highly specialized healthcare team should monitor the patients during VV-ECMO.
Keyphrases
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- respiratory failure
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- palliative care
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- mechanical ventilation
- mental health
- peritoneal dialysis
- intensive care unit
- quality improvement
- patient reported outcomes