Association of Respiratory Parameters at Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Liberation With Duration of Mechanical Ventilation and ICU Length of Stay: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Although the criteria for initiation of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) are well defined, the criteria and timing for VV ECMO decannulation are less certain. The aim of this study was to describe the ventilation and physiologic factors at the time of VV ECMO decannulation and to determine if these factors have association with mechanical ventilation or ICU length of stay after ECMO decannulation.

Design

Multicenter, prospective cohort study.

Setting

Eleven ICUs in Australia.

Patients

Adult patients treated with VV ECMO from March 19, 2019, to September 20, 2020.

Interventions

Liberation from VV ECMO.

Results

Of 87 patients receiving VV ECMO, the median age was 49 years (interquartile range, 37-59 yr), 61 of 87 (70%) were male, and

SUBMITTER: Thiara S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9067359 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature