Cerebral Microbleeds and Intracranial Hemorrhages in Adult Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-Autopsy Study.

ABSTRACT: Current studies lack robust information on the prevalence and associated factors of cerebral microbleeds in patients who underwent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Design

Retrospective analysis.

Setting

We reviewed patients who underwent (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) and subsequent brain autopsy with gross and microscopic examinations from January 2009 to December 2018 from a single tertiary center.

Patients

Twenty-five extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients (median age, 53 yr; interquartile range, 36-61 yr; 17 women and 8 men) underwent brain autopsy.

Interventions

Descriptive analysis of neuropathologic findings. Cerebral microbleed was defined as a small focus (< 10 mm diameter) of accumulation of blood product in the brain tissue. Macrohemo

SUBMITTER: Hwang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7929626 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature