Anticoagulation during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Jun 10:6:CD015685. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015685.

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To determine the efficacy and safety of anticoagulation for maintaining extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in people of all ages with cardiac or respiratory failure, or both.

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants* / therapeutic use
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation* / methods
  • Heart Failure / therapy
  • Heparin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Respiratory Insufficiency* / therapy

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Heparin