Sunday, March 27, 2011

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

1. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for 2009 Influenza (H1N1) ARDS - ANZ ECMO influenza investigators. Journal: JAMA, Oct 19, 2009 A descriptive analysis of all adult and paediatric (neonates excluded) patients treated with ECMO, 1st june - 31 August 2009 in Australia, NZ ICU's during 2009 H1N1 epidemic. In 200 ICUs, 15 supplied ECMO for 61 (32%) of 194 H1N1/ Influenza A ventilated patients with 21% mortality. All these patients met inclusion criteria for the CESAR trial. to be continued..

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