ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

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• ECMO patients are harder to sedate and harder to wake up because of lipophilic circuit?
• bivalrudin is better than heparin for VV ECMO?
• chattering in ecmo circuit indicates low volume?
• increased delta P is sign of increased clotting on ECMO
• ECMO does not show decrease in 60 day mortality for ARDS patients
• Use RESP Score to calculate mortality
• Sweep is amount of CO2 removal
• Flow is PEEP/FiO2
• initiate VV ecmo when P:F < 150 or P:F < 80, refractory hypoxemia or hypercapnia
  • Use RESP score
  • bronchopleural fistula, ARDS, obstruction
• Use Va ecmo for refractory cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest
  • PE, overdose
  • use SAVE score
• cannula size: use vessel mm x 3 = French size
• flowneeds: 60-80 cc/kg/min## Links to this note

• Cardiology
  • ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
• ECMO does not show decrease in 60 day mortality for ARDS patients
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• increased delta P is sign of increased clotting on ECMO
  • related: ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation