Alarming of Severe Respiratory Failure Requiring ECMO Caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant

JMA J. 2022 Jul 15;5(3):370-371. doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2022-0049. Epub 2022 May 30.

Shinichiro Ohshimo^{1

2}, Nobuaki Shime^{1

2}, Tatsutoshi Shimatani¹, Yusuke Okazaki¹, Mitsuaki Nishikimi¹, Momoko Asada¹, Kohei Ota¹, Yuji Fujino^{2

3}, Shinhiro Takeda^{2

4}; Japan ECMO network

¹ Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
² Non-profit Organization Japan ECMO Network, Kawaguchi, Japan.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
⁴ Kawaguchi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospital, Kawaguchi, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: acute respiratory failure; coronavirus; mechanical ventilation.