Clinical Outcomes of Early Extubation Strategy in Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation.

Taeho Youn Darea Kim Taek Kyu Park Yang Hyun Cho Su Hyun Cho Ji Yeon Choi Kiick Sung Jin Oh Choi Eun Seok Jeon Jeong Hoon Yang

Published in: Journal of Korean medical science (2020)

VA-ECMO as a bridge therapy seems to be feasible for deployment in patients with a short waiting time for heart transplantation. Deployment of the early extubation ECMO strategy was associated with reductions in delirium and infection in this population.

Keyphrases

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
respiratory failure
acute respiratory distress syndrome
mechanical ventilation
cardiac surgery
patients undergoing
acute kidney injury
stem cells
bone marrow
mesenchymal stem cells
hip fracture