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Lung Rapid Recovery Procurement Combined with Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death
Published on: August 15, 2022
Discharge survival of patients undergoing ECMO therapy after ECPR in a third level hospital
J Castillo García1, J C Sánchez Salado2, M Gual Santandreu2
1Enfermería, Perfusionista, Quirófano, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Goal:
The goal of this study was to assess the survival to hospital discharge in patients after the implementation of venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) during cardiopulmonary arrest (simultaneously or during the first six hours after the event) in a Spanish tertiary hospital.
Method:
This is a descriptive and retrospective study conducted with patients subjected to VA-ECMO therapy during or after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the last 10 years. The variables were extracted from the electronic medical record of each patient.
Results:
175 ECMO therapies were implemented, 84% (147) were VA-ECMO, and the indication for 17% (25) was CPR. In 40% (10), ECMO therapy was initiated simultaneously during CPR, and the rest (15) during the first six hours after the event. Survival rates reached 44%.
Conclusions:
The use of CPR in well-selected patients can improve their survival.
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