Published in:
01-11-2017 | Letter
Risk factors of percutaneous cannulation failure by intensivists for veno-arterial extracorporeal life support for refractory cardiac arrest
Authors:
V. Chhor, A. Follin, J. Joachim, B. Champigneulle, J. Chatelon, G. Favé, A. Neuschwander, J. Mantz, Romain Pirracchio
Published in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Issue 11/2017
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Excerpt
Refractory cardiac arrest (CA) may benefit from veno-arterial extracorporeal life support (va-ECLS) [
1]. The time to establish ECLS support is a crucial prognostic factor [
2] and a complicated percutaneous cannulation may delay the return to an appropriate circulation [
3‐
5]. Hence, the primary goal of the study was to describe the predictive factors for unsuccessful percutaneous ECLS cannulation as defined a priori by a time from arrival in ICU to ECLS initiation of greater than 20 min or a failure to cannulate the femoral vein or artery. …