Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Reperfusion Strategies in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Hospitalizations.
Ioannis T FarmakisIngo SagoschenStefano BarcoKarsten KellerLuca ValerioJohannes WildGeorge GiannakoulasGregory PiazzaStavros V KonstantinidesLukas HobohmPublished in: Critical care medicine (2024)
In patients with high-risk PE and refractory hemodynamic instability, ECMO may be a valuable supportive treatment in conjunction with reperfusion treatment but not as a stand-alone treatment especially for patients suffering from cardiac arrest.
Keyphrases
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- pulmonary embolism
- cardiac arrest
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- acute myocardial infarction
- heart failure
- newly diagnosed
- combination therapy
- cerebral ischemia
- intensive care unit
- respiratory failure
- acute coronary syndrome
- brain injury
- mechanical ventilation
- patient reported