Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Patients With COVID-19: An International Multicenter Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To report and compare the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to non-COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients on ECMO.

Methods

We performed an international retrospective study of COVID-19 patients on ECMO from 13 intensive care units from March 1 to April 30, 2020. Demographic data, ECMO characteristics and clinical outcomes were collected. The primary outcome was to assess the complication rate and 28-day mortality; the secondary outcome was to compare patient and ECMO characteristics between COVID-19 patients on ECMO and non-COVID-19 related ARDS patients on ECMO (non-COVID-19; January 1, 2018 until July 31, 2019).

Results

During the study period 71 COVID-19 patients received

SUBMITTER: Raasveld SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8267077 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature