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Duration of veno-arterial extracorporeal life support (VA ECMO) and outcome: an analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) registry

BACKGROUND: Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) is an effective rescue therapy for severe cardiorespiratory failure, but morbidity and mortality are high. We hypothesised that survival decreases with longer VA ECMO treatment. We examined the Extracorporeal Life Support Organi...

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Autores principales: Smith, Myles, Vukomanovic, Alexander, Brodie, Daniel, Thiagarajan, Ravi, Rycus, Peter, Buscher, Hergen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5339999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28264702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-017-1633-1