Multidisciplinary shock team is associated with improved outcomes in patients undergoing ECPR.

Katarzyna HryniewiczMichael HartDavid RaileYale WangMichael MooneyKarol MudyPeter M EckmanMichael A SamaraJay H TraverseBenjamin SunDavid M WilliamsKelly J WilsonMatthew PavlovecMiranda KunzDanielle LyonIvan Chavez

Published in: The International journal of artificial organs (2020)

We demonstrate that adult patients in cardiac arrest initiated on VA ECMO in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and cared for by a multidisciplinary shock team in the critical care unit have superior long-term survival and functionally favorable neurologic recovery when compared to current literature.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
quality improvement
patients undergoing
palliative care
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
systematic review
acute respiratory distress syndrome
left ventricular
ultrasound guided
respiratory failure
type diabetes
adipose tissue
atrial fibrillation
weight loss