A qualitative analysis of physician decision making in the use of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Aim of study

To prepare for the design of future randomized clinical trials of extracorporeal cardioupulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), we sought to understand physician beliefs regarding the use of ECPR and subsequent management, among physicians who already perform ECPR, as these physicians would be likely to be involved in many planned ECPR trials.

Methods

We performed 12 semi-structured interviews of physicians who already perform ECPR across a variety of medical specialties, centers and geographic regions, but all with 10-50+ cases of ECPR experience. We qualitatively analyzed these interview to identify key characteristics of their experience using ECPR, the tensions involved in patient identification, the complications of subsequent management, and their willingness to e

SUBMITTER: Tonna JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9309663 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature