Determinants of Arterial Pressure of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Patients Supported by Veno-Arterial ECMO.

ABSTRACT: Background: The present study aimed to assess the determinants of arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO₂) and carbon dioxide (PaCO₂) in the early phase of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) support. Even though the guidelines considered both the risks of hypoxemia and hyperoxemia during ECMO support, there are a lack of data concerning the patients supported by VA ECMO. Methods: This is a retrospective, monocentric, observational cohort study in a university-affiliated cardiac intensive care unit. Hemodynamic parameters, ECMO parameters, ventilator settings, and blood gas analyses were collected at several time points during the first 48 h of VA ECMO support. For each timepoint, the blood samples were drawn simultaneously from

SUBMITTER: Andrei S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9457238 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature