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Cause of In-Hospital Death After Weaning from Venoarterial-Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Milica BjelicNeil KumarYang GuKarin ChaseFrane PaicIgor Gosev
Published in: Journal of intensive care medicine (2022)
In our study, one-third of patients decannulated off VA-ECMO did not survive to hospital discharge due to end-stage heart failure, infections or neurological injury. The first 8 post-decannulation days were recognized as a critical period where thorough strategies to prevent acquired infections and cautious support of end-organ function should be warranted. Future large-scale trials are needed to confirm our results.
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