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Have we averted deaths using venoarterial ECMO?

Authors: Matthieu Schmidt, Hannah Wunsch, Daniel Brodie

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2018

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Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for refractory cardiogenic shock in adults is currently the quickest and cheapest way to obtain biventricular heart–lung support at the bedside [1]. The precise incidence of VA-ECMO is not well understood and varies by country. However, the increasing use of VA-ECMO has been well documented throughout the world [2, 3]. The epidemiology of VA-ECMO has been best characterized in Germany, where the incidence of VA-ECMO increased substantially from 96 cases in 2007 (incidence 0.1:100,000) to 2873 cases (3.5:100,000) in 2014, a 35-fold increase in use during that time [2]. Importantly, with such extraordinary growth in use coupled with persistent high mortality, we must begin to understand: Is VA-ECMO saving lives? One way to measure this is by calculating the number of deaths averted by using VA-ECMO. …

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Title: Have we averted deaths using venoarterial ECMO?
Authors: Matthieu Schmidt
Hannah Wunsch
Daniel Brodie
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2018
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5128-6

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