Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation versus conventional rewarming for severe hypothermia in an urban emergency department.
Matthew E PrekkerMegan RischallMichelle CarlsonBrian E DriverMelissa TouroutoutoudisJessica BolandMichael HuBeth HeatherNicholas S SimpsonPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2022)
Among ED patients with severe hypothermia and cardiac arrest, survival was significantly higher with ECMO versus conventional rewarming. Among all hypothermic patients, ECMO use was associated with faster rewarming than conventional methods.
Keyphrases
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- cardiac arrest
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- emergency department
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- respiratory failure
- end stage renal disease
- brain injury
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- early onset
- mechanical ventilation
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported
- electronic health record