Search Tag: extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
2024 22 Jun
With the global demand for organ transplants on the rise, the shortage of available organs has worsened, leaving the supply insufficient to meet the growing need. One way to address this crisis is to identify potential organ donors, particularly by screening for brain death in ICUs, especially after cardiac arrest. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary...Read more
2022 01 Feb
A new study aimed to develop and validate a score to accurately predict the probability of death for adult extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). ECPR is widely used as a rescue technique among patients with refractory cardiac arrest and in patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). ECPR...Read more
2019 14 Nov
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) without return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) despite conventional resuscitation is common and has poor outcomes. Adding extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (extracorporeal-CPR) is increasingly used in an attempt to improve outcomes. A new study analysed a prospective...Read more