Clinical characteristics and outcomes of five critical COVID-19 patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan

J Clin Anesth. 2020 Dec:67:110033. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.110033. Epub 2020 Aug 31.

Authors

Wei Xuan¹, Caiyang Chen¹, Xuliang Jiang¹, Xiao Zhang¹, Hui Zhu¹, Song Zhang¹, Weifeng Yu¹, Zhiyong Peng², Diansan Su³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

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Providing early ECMO support due to carbon dioxide retention and on-time decannulation may be more beneficial to patients.
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The duration from tracheal intubation to ECMO cannulation was more than 7 days in some patients.
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The application rules of ECMO vary in different regions.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19 / complications
COVID-19 / therapy*
Carbon Dioxide / metabolism
China
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Carbon Dioxide