Management of Adult Patients Supported with Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VV ECMO): Guideline from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO)

Joseph E Tonna; Darryl Abrams; Daniel Brodie; John C Greenwood; Jose Alfonso Rubio Mateo-Sidron; Asad Usman; Eddy Fan

doi:10.1097/MAT.0000000000001432

Management of Adult Patients Supported with Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VV ECMO): Guideline from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO)

ASAIO J. 2021 Jun 1;67(6):601-610. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001432.

Authors

Joseph E Tonna^{1

2}, Darryl Abrams³, Daniel Brodie³, John C Greenwood⁴, Jose Alfonso Rubio Mateo-Sidron⁵, Asad Usman⁶, Eddy Fan⁷

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah.
² Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah.
³ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Critical Care Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁷ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, University Health Network and Sinai Health System, Toronto, Canada.

Abstract

Disclaimer: The use of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) in adults has rapidly increased worldwide. This ELSO guideline is intended to be a practical guide to patient selection, initiation, cannulation, management, and weaning of VV ECMO for adult respiratory failure. This is a consensus document which has been updated from the previous version to provide guidance to the clinician.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Consensus
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Humans
Patient Selection
Practice Guidelines as Topic*

Abstract

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