Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.

Mohammed Saeed Saad AlshahraniAnees SindiFayez AlshamsiAwad Al-OmariMohamed El TahanBayan AlahmadiAhmed ZeinNaif KhataniFahad Al-HameedSultan AlamriMohammed AbdelzaherAmenah AlghamdiFaisal AlfousanAdel TashWail TashkandiRajaa AlraddadiKim LewisMohammed BadaweeYaseen M ArabiEddy FanWaleed Alhazzani

Published in: Annals of intensive care (2018)

ECMO use, as a rescue therapy, was associated with lower mortality in MERS patients with refractory hypoxemia. The results of this, largest to date, support the use of ECMO as a rescue therapy in patients with severe MERS-CoV.

Keyphrases

respiratory syndrome coronavirus
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
sars cov
acute respiratory distress syndrome
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respiratory failure
mechanical ventilation
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