Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Alain Combes1, David Hajage1, Gilles Capellier1

  • 1From Sorbonne Université INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMRS) 1166, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (A.C., G.L.), Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, Institut de Cardiologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP) Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière (A.C.), Département de Biostatistiques, Santé Publique et Information Médicale, Centre de Pharmacoépidémiologie, APHP Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière (D.H.), Sorbonne Université, Unité de Recherche Clinique Pitié-Salpêtrière (D.H.), Sorbonne Université INSERM UMRS 1158 (A.D.), Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation et Pneumologie, APHP Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière (A.D.), Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Saint Louis (L.Z.), Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, CHU Saint Antoine (E.M.), Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, APHP Bichat Hospital, Diderot University (L. Bouadma), and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, APHP Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Institut de Cardiologie (G.L.), Paris, Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, Besançon University Hospital, and Research Unit Equipe Avenir 3920 and Structure Fédérative de Recherche 4234, University of Franche Comté, Besançon (G.C.), Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes (S.L.), Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, CHU Hôpital Nord, APHM, Marseille (C.G.), Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, CHU Saint Denis, Saint Denis (D.D.S.), Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, CHU Le Mans, Le Mans (P.T.), Département d'Anesthésie et Réanimation, CHU de Rouen (B.V.), Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, Rouen University Hospital (G.B.), and Normandie University, Université de Rouen, Equipe Avenir 3830, Rouen University Hospital (G.B.), Rouen, Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, CHU Nancy and INSERM Unité 1116, Université de Lorraine, Nancy (B.L.), Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, CHU Avicenne, Bobigny (Y.C.), Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, CHU Kremlin Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (C.R.), Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Hôpital de Chartres, Chartres (P.K.), CHU Martinique, Fort-de-France (H.M.), and Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Université d'Angers, Angers (A.M.) - all in France; the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Institute for Health Management, Policy, and Evaluation, University of Toronto (L. Brochard, N.D.F., E.F.), Keenan Research Center, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital (L. Brochard, A.S.S.), and the Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University Health Network and Sinai Health System, Toronto General Hospital (N.D.F., E.F.), Toronto; and the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York (D.B.).

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