Indwelling Central Venous Catheters Drive Bloodstream Infection During Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support.

ABSTRACT: Blood stream infection (BSI) is a potentially lethal complication in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). It may be particularly common in patients with veno-venous ECMO due to their long hospitalization in the intensive care unit. Given that these patients have concurrent indwelling central venous catheters (CVC), it is unclear whether the ECMO circuit, CVC, or both, contribute to BSI. This study evaluated the risk factors associated with BSI in patients receiving veno-venous ECMO in a single institution study of 61 patients from 2016 through 2019. All ECMO catheters and the circuit oxygenator fluid were aseptically collected and analyzed for microorganisms at the time of decannulation. New BSI was diagnosed in 15 (24.6%) patients and increased mortality by three

SUBMITTER: Manerikar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8958168 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature