Extracorporeal Life Support
Extracorporeal life support as bridge to lung transplantation: a systematic review
... poreal life support strategies, potentially more easily manageable than ECMO, such as the artero-venous low flow extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal [53], the pulmonary artery-left atrium ...
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Extracorporeal life support for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: report of a Consensus Conference
... In view of the rarity of indications, the absence of for- mal proof of the impact on prognosis, coupled with known potentially serious risks, considerable care bur- den, an unknown cost-benefit ratio and the absolute ...
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Extracorporeal life support following out of hospital refractory cardiac arrest
... Figure 1 Relationship between initial blood lactate level and delay between fall and onset of extracorporeal life support ECLS n = 48... Outcome Scale score 5 but a persistent altered le[r] ...
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Neonatal Thyrotoxicosis and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension Necessitating Extracorporeal Life Support
... Neonatal hyperthyroidism can be associated with significant cardiopulmonary morbidity. We report the first case of neonatal Graves’ disease associated with PPHN necessitating extracorporeal life ...
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The Changing Demographics of Neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients Reported to the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Registry
... Background. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an important treatment tool in the management of near-term and term neonates with severe hypoxemic respiratory ...the Extracorporeal Life ...
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Cost effectiveness in extracorporeal life support in critically ill adults in the Netherlands
... Background: Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is used to support the cardiorespiratory function in case of severe cardiac and/or respiratory failure in critically ill ...of life after ...
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Severe Neonatal Legionella Pneumonia: Full Recovery After Extracorporeal Life Support
... venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support before fistula ...diagnosis. Extracorporeal life support associated with appropriate antibiotic therapy, surfactant, and steroid ...
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Partial Liquid Ventilation in Critically Ill Infants Receiving Extracorporeal Life Support
... Results. Four infants were successfully weaned off ECLS for at least 3 days, and two infants (both with ARDS) are long-term survivors after PLV. All infants demonstrated lung recruitment and improved lung com- pliance, ...
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Experience with use of extracorporeal life support for severe refractory status asthmaticus in children
... [10]. Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) could provide adjunctive pulmonary support for intubated asthmatic patients who remain severely acidotic and hypercarbic in spite of aggressive ...
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Elevated Serum Lactate Correlates With Intracranial Hemorrhage in Neonates Treated With Extracorporeal Life Support
... maximal lactate levels with the occurrence of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and survival in patients treated with extracorporeal life support (ECLS).. Design.[r] ...
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Extracorporeal life support for primary graft dysfunction after heart transplantation
... Pozzi, Matteo, Bottin, Chiara, Armoiry, Xavier, Sebbag, Laurent, Boissonnat, Pascale, Hugon- Vallet, Elisabeth, Koffel, Catherine, Flamens, Claire, Paulus, Sylvie, Fellahi, Jean Luc and Obadia, Jean Francois (2018) ...
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Fungal infections in adult patients on extracorporeal life support
... the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry, which compiles data on ECMO use from hundreds of international ...respiratory support (OR ...respiratory support and ...
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Duration of veno arterial extracorporeal life support (VA ECMO) and outcome: an analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) registry
... Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) is an effective rescue therapy for severe cardiorespiratory failure, but morbidity and mortality are ...the Extracorporeal Life ...
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Extracorporeal life support for management of refractory cardiac or respiratory failure: initial experience in a tertiary centre
... of support are outlined: veno- venous extracorporeal oxygenation, commonly known as ECMO, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, for respiratory function substitution and extracorporeal ...
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for life threatening asthma refractory to mechanical ventilation: analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry
... multicenter Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Registry, a previous study showed that ECMO support improved survival in patients with status asthmaticus to a greater degree than ...
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Extracorporeal life support in severe drug intoxication: a retrospective cohort study of seventeen cases
... Drug-induced cardiovascular failure is the leading cause of death in severe acute drug intoxication [1,2]. In this setting, patients with refractory shock or cardiac arrest who do not respond to optimal conventional ...
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Central extracorporeal life support with left ventricular decompression for the treatment of refractory cardiogenic shock and lung failure
... undetected for prolonged periods resulting in an eleva- tion of the left-atrial pressure, which can potentially lead to haemoptysis and pulmonary oedema [6]. These compli- cations were not observed in the study cohort. ...
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Propofol infusion syndrome resuscitation with extracorporeal life support: a case report and review of the literature
... During the first 8 hours after transfer, her severe acid- osis and acute liver failure remained stable and her lactate level improved, but she became oliguric with mild hyperkalemia (5.1 mmol/L) and hypocalcemia (ionized ...
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Cardiopulmonary responses during the cooling and the extracorporeal life support rewarming phases in a porcine model of accidental deep hypothermic cardiac arrest
... Cooling phase Hypothermic cardiac arrest was induced using external cold packs (Colpac, Chattanooga group, Chattanooga, TN, USA) associated with ECLS at a very low flow rate of 7 mL/min/kg at 4 °C. To simulate the ...
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Venoarterial extracorporeal life support in post-traumatic shock and cardiac arrest: lessons learned
... and F), is a good example. Aside from the significant thoracic injury, he also had multiple long bone frac- tures and fixed with splints. The VA-ECLS was shifted to VV-ECLS after 96 h for purely pulmonary support. ...
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