Effects of the primary lung infection on outcomes in patients with severe ARDS treated with ECMO: a retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vvECMO) remains associated with high mortality. Whether etiology-based differentiation within infectious ARDS improves prognostic and therapeutic precision remains unclear. This study compared vvECMO-treated ARDS patients with different pulmonary infections to identify clinically relevant etiology-specific differences.

Methods

The retrospective single-center cohort study included adult patients who received vvECMO for severe infectious pulmonary ARDS between 2014 and 2021. Patients were categorized into Covid-19 (n = 48) and Non-Covid (n = 44). Clinical parameters, disease progression, treatment, and outcomes were compared. Cox and modified Poisson

SUBMITTER: Mirus M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12626973 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature