Impact of Prone Position in COVID-19 Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Prone positioning and venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are both useful interventions in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Combining the two therapies is feasible and safe, but the effectiveness is not known. Our objective was to evaluate the potential survival benefit of prone positioning in venovenous ECMO patients cannulated for COVID-19-related ARDS.

Design

Retrospective analysis of a multicenter cohort.

Patients

Patients on venovenous ECMO who tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction or with a diagnosis on chest CT were eligible.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

All patients on venovenous ECMO for respiratory failur

SUBMITTER: Massart N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9749944 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature