Directed Hypercapnia as a Strategy to Wean Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in COVID-19 Pneumonia

Directed Hypercapnia as a Strategy to Wean Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in COVID-19 Pneumonia

Coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia with respiratory failure refractory to maximum medical therapy has been successfully managed with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. This report describes a process of using directed hypercapnia in 5 patients to wean them from prolonged extracorporeal...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 2022-11, Vol.114 (5), p.e307-e309
Hauptverfasser: Kluis, Austin, Shih, Emily, Squiers, John J., DiMaio, J. Michael, Sheasby, Jenelle, Myers, David, George, Timothy J.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia with respiratory failure refractory to maximum medical therapy has been successfully managed with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. This report describes a process of using directed hypercapnia in 5 patients to wean them from prolonged extracorporeal support secondary to refractory hypercarbic respiratory failure.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.01.013