Published in:
01-02-2007 | Letter
Carbon dioxide removal device: how long is long enough?
Authors:
Manuel E Cevallos, Joseph B Zwischenberger
Published in:
Critical Care
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Issue 1/2007
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Excerpt
Livigni and coworkers [
1] reported on the safety and efficacy of a venovenous carbon dioxide removal (VVCO
2R) circuit in a short-term study (to 12 hours) conducted in healthy sheep. During extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal, carbon dioxide is transferred across a gas exchanger whereas oxygen diffuses across the native lungs. …