Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in veno-venous-ECMO patients-A retrospective study on incidence, causes and outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cardiac arrest in a modern intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with poor outcome although optimal resources are present at all times. Data on cardiac arrest (CA) of the increasing cohort of patients with veno-venous-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) are not available. Due to the highly invasive nature of this procedure, other incidences and causes of cardiac arrest are expected when compared to the ICU population without ECMO. This study focuses on cardiac arrest under VV-ECMO treatment.

Methods

Retrospective single-center observational study including all VV-ECMO patients from 1st January 2019 until 31st March 2022. Primary focus of this study was number and causes for CA during VV-ECMO treatment. Secondary endpoints were treatment procedure, co

SUBMITTER: Booke H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10420365 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature