Mode of Death after Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
Viviane ZotzmannCorinna N LangXavier BemtgenMarkus JäckelAnnabelle FlueglerJonathan RilingerChristoph BenkChristoph BodeAlexander SupadyTobias WengenmayerDawid L StaudacherPublished in: Membranes (2021)
Most patients after ECPR decease due to refractory shock. Older patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest might be prone to development of refractory shock. Only a minority die from cerebral damage. Research should focus on preventing post-CPR shock and treating the shock in these patients.