Ischemic and hemorrhagic brain injury during venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Loic Le GuennecClémentine CholetFlorent HuangMatthieu SchmidtNicolas BréchotGuillaume HékimianSébastien BessetGuillaume LebretonAnia NieszkowskaPascal LeprinceAlain CombesCharles-Edouard LuytPublished in: Annals of intensive care (2018)
This study provides Class IV evidence that central VA-ECMO, low platelet count and rapid CO2 change at ECMO start are associated with intracranial bleeding and high mortality.