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The Role of rescue therapies in the treatment of severe ARDS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
ARDS is characterized by a non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema with bilateral chest radiograph opacities and hypoxemia refractory to oxygen therapy. It is a common cause of admission to the ICU due to hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring mechanical ...
Alessandri, F, Pugliese, F, Ranieri, M.
core   +1 more source

Enhancing Clinical Learning Through an Innovative Instructor Application for ECMO Patient Simulators [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
© 2018 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE PublicationsBackground. Simulation-based learning (SBL) employs the synergy between technology and people to immerse learners in highly-realistic situations in order to achieve quality clinical ...
Alhomsi, Yahya   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Argatroban for an alternative anticoagulant in HIT during ECMO

open access: yesJournal of Intensive Care, 2017
Background Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) have become more frequently used in daily ICU practice, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a rare but life-threatening complication while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
Alain Rougé   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cerebral and Peripheral Tissue Oxygenation in Children Supported on ECMO for Cardio-Respiratory Failure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a rescue therapy for patients with cardio-respiratory failure. Establishing, maintaining and weaning from ECMO may increase the risk for intracranial injury.
Elliott, MJ   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Variability of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation utilization for refractory adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an international survey study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Objective: A growing interest in extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) as a rescue strategy for refractory adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) currently exists.
Benjamin S. Abella   +16 more
core   +2 more sources

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for critically ill adults in the emergency department: history, current applications, and future directions

open access: yesCritical Care, 2015
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a mode of extracorporeal life support that augments oxygenation, ventilation and/or cardiac output via cannulae connected to a circuit that pumps blood through an oxygenator and back into the patient.
J. Mosier   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Short veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation assisted segmentectomy for second primary lung tumor in a patient with insufficient respiratory function for one lung ventilation

open access: yesRespiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Advances in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) have allowed safe performance of complex thoracic surgical procedures that were impossible before. Application of ECMO in general thoracic surgery is extremely rare, but allows life-saving procedures
Konstantinos Grapatsas   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simple new risk score model for adult cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: simple cardiac ECMO score. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Although the use of cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasing in adult patients, the field lacks understanding of associated risk factors. While standard intensive care unit risk scores such as SAPS II (simplified acute
Cavarocchi, Nicholas   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Nomenclature for renal replacement therapy and blood purification techniques in critically ill patients: practical applications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article reports the conclusions of the second part of a consensus expert conference on the nomenclature of renal replacement therapy (RRT) techniques currently utilized to manage acute kidney injury and other organ dysfunction syndromes in ...
Bagshaw, S. M.   +66 more
core   +4 more sources

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and the Critical Cardiac Patient

open access: yesCurrent Transplantation Reports, 2017
Purpose of ReviewThis review is to summarize the basics of veno-arterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as it is utilized for critically ill cardiac patients.Recent FindingsECMO may be instituted in a variety of health care settings ...
D. Baran
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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