Clinical Advances in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Intensive Care".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 13 August 2024 | Viewed by 955

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Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Department of Neurology, Surgery, Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Interests: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; stroke; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; brain injury; intracranial hemorrhage

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Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
Interests: critical care medicine; intensive care medicine; sepsis; resuscitation; cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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Dear Colleagues,

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has dramatically increased in the last decade. Veno-Arterial (V-A) ECMO is the most common strategy for the rescue of refractory cardiac failure, and Veno-Venous (VV) ECMO is employed for refractory respiratory failure. Innovative and new therapies, monitoring strategies, and clinical evidence/research are being continually developed in the field of ECMO. As advances in therapeutics, technology, and management strategy have improved outcomes in the field of ECMO, improving adverse events such as on-ECMO complications and organ dysfunction is of the utmost importance in patients with ECMO support. Therefore, it is critical that ECMO providers are up to date on these new developments and how they are related to outcomes to provide appropriate critical care for our patients. In this Special Issue, we welcome authors to submit papers on the recent advances in translational and clinical research in V-A and V-V ECMO.

Dr. Sung-Min Cho
Dr. Akram Zaaqoq
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Keywords

  • extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • ECMO
  • multi-organ failure
  • outcomes
  • V-A ECMO
  • ECPR
  • V-V ECMO
  • translational research
  • clinical research

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Echocardiographic and Point-of-Care Ultrasonography (POCUS) Guidance in the Management of the ECMO Patient
by Stephanie Cha and Megan P. Kostibas
J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13(9), 2630; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13092630 - 30 Apr 2024
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Veno-arterial (V-A) and Veno-venous (V-V) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support is increasingly utilized for acute cardiogenic shock and/or respiratory failure. Echocardiography and point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) play a critical role in the selection and management of these critically ill patients, however, there are limited [...] Read more.
Veno-arterial (V-A) and Veno-venous (V-V) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support is increasingly utilized for acute cardiogenic shock and/or respiratory failure. Echocardiography and point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) play a critical role in the selection and management of these critically ill patients, however, there are limited guidelines regarding their application. This comprehensive review describes current and potential application of echocardiography and POCUS for pre-ECMO assessment and patient selection, cannulation guidance with emphasis on dual-lumen configurations, diagnosis of ECMO complications and trouble-shooting of cannula malposition, diagnosis of common cardiac or pulmonary pathologies, and assessment of ECMO weaning appropriateness including identification of the aortic mixing point in V-A ECMO. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Clinical Advances in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO))
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