ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- related: Cardiology
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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 low TV and FiO2 on ventilator for ECMO 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