Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Anesthetic Considerations in Clinical Practice.
Kimberly L SkidmoreAlireza RajabiAngela NguyenFarnad ImaniAlan David KayePublished in: Anesthesiology and pain medicine (2023)
The limitation of this review is that it necessarily covers a broad range of ECMO decisions faced by an anesthesiologist. However, its main advantage lies in the identification of straightforward argatroban protocols through interviews, as well as the discovery, via PubMed, of the usefulness of TEE in determining cannula position and contractility estimates for transitioning from VA-ECMO to VV-ECMO. Additionally, we emphasize the benefits in terms of morbidity and mortality of a seldom-discussed sedation supplement, quetiapine, to dexmedetomidine.