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Understanding ethical decisions for patients on extracorporeal life support

Authors: Thomas Bein, Daniel Brodie

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 10/2017

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Modern extracorporeal life support [veno-venous (vv) or veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vaECMO)] is generating increasing interest throughout the world. Despite the significantly increasing use of ECMO in recent years, in-hospital mortality remains high [1]. Furthermore, clear inclusion criteria for ECMO treatment are lacking, resulting in a call for further investigation [2], especially in specific areas such as vaECMO for rescue cardiopulmonary resuscitation, where the rate of survival with good neurologic recovery is poor in some settings [3]. …

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Title: Understanding ethical decisions for patients on extracorporeal life support
Authors: Thomas Bein
Daniel Brodie
Publication date: 01-10-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 10/2017
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4781-5

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