Extracorporeal life support in COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome: A EuroELSO international survey.

ABSTRACT: Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is a means to support patients with acute respiratory failure. Initially, recommendations to treat severe cases of pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with ECLS have been restrained. In the meantime, ECLS has been shown to produce similar outcomes in patients with severe COVID-19 compared to existing data on ARDS mortality. We performed an international email survey to assess how ECLS providers worldwide have previously used ECLS during the treatment of critically ill patients with COVID-19. A questionnaire with 45 questions (covering, e.g., indication, technical aspects, benefit, and reasons for treatment discontinuation), mostly multiple choice, was distributed by email to ECLS centers. The survey was approved by the European branch of the Extr

SUBMITTER: Mang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8014805 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature