ECMO and the Modern ICU with Alain Vuylsteke
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Dr Alain Vuylsteke, consultant in intensive care and cardiothoracic anaesthesia, Clinical Director of the Division of Surgery, Transplantation and Anaesthesia and the Director of the ECMO service at Royal Papworth Hospital joins us for an episode on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. We discuss the ECMO service at Papworth, the evidence base, decision-making with regards to initiation and discontinuation, ECMO in the COVID-19 pandemic, cost and more.
Resources:
CESAR Trial: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61069-2/fulltext
EOLIA Trial: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1800385
https://litfl.com/ecmo-extra-corporeal-membrane-oxygenation/
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