The role of ECMO in COVID-19: Can it provide rescue therapy in those who are critically ill?

Savarimuthu, Sugeevan, BinSaeid, Jalal and Harky, Amer ORCID: 0000-0001-5507-5841 (2020) The role of ECMO in COVID-19: Can it provide rescue therapy in those who are critically ill? JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 35 (6). pp. 1298-1301.

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Abstract

Arising from the city of Wuhan, Hubei province in China, a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has been rapidly spreading since its first presentation in late 2019. The World Health Organization declared a pandemic on the 11th March 2020, and as of 29th of April 2020 more than 3 million cases have been reported worldwide with over 225 000 confirmed deaths. Where mechanical ventilation may not be enough, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) could play a role as a form of rescue therapy and may provide beneficial results in the hands of skilled clinicians in centers with experience of using ECMO appropriately in selected patients. Our understanding of COVID-19 is ever-changing and the need for intensive care beds is rising, which means that ECMO will surely play a key role in the near future.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	COVID-19, critical care, ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	11 Aug 2020 13:32
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 23:37
DOI:	10.1111/jocs.14635
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3097162