Physical Therapy and Sedation While on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to determine whether patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) achieved lower rates of physical therapy participation and required more sedation than those on ECMO without COVID-19.

Design

Retrospective, observational, matched-cohort study.

Setting

Bicenter academic quaternary medical centers.

Participants

All adults on ECMO for severe COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) during 2020 and matched (matched 1:1 based on age ± 15 years and medical center) adults on ECMO for ARDS not associated with COVID-19.

Interventions

Observational only.

Measurements and main results

Measurements were collected retrospectively during the first 20 days of ECM

SUBMITTER: Bohman JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8240447 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature