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ArticleJournal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs2021

Mobile ECMO in COVID-19 patient: case report.

Martínez Daniela, Salech Felipe, Sint Jan Van Nicolette, Regueira Tomás, Villalabeitia Eli, Rufs Jorge, Fajardo Christian, Castillo Roberto, Iñiguez Jose, Durán Luisa and 1 more

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Article in Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Investigating optimal drainage cannula for venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: impact of side holes on blood oxygenation - an in vitro study.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Martínez DanielaUnidad de Infectología Pediátrica, Hospital San Borja Arriarán, Santiago, Chile.
Salech FelipeCentro de Investigación Clínica Avanzada, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Independencia, Chile.
Sint Jan Van NicoletteCentro de Pacientes Críticos, Clínica Las Condes, Las Condes, Chile.
Regueira TomásCentro de Pacientes Críticos, Clínica Las Condes, Las Condes, Chile.
Villalabeitia EliDepartamento de Cirugía Cardiovascular, Clínica Las Condes, Las Condes, Chile.
Rufs JorgeUnidad ECMO, Clínica Las Condes, Las Condes, Chile.
Fajardo ChristianDepartamento de Cirugía Cardiovascular, Clínica Las Condes, Las Condes, Chile.
Castillo RobertoECMO Unit, Departamento de Anestesia, Clínica Las Condes, Estoril 450, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
Iñiguez JoseServicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínico Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile.
Durán LuisaDepartamento de Medicina Interna, Clínica Las Condes, Las Condes, Chile.
Díaz RodrigoUnidad ECMO, Clínica Las Condes, Las Condes, Chile. rdiaz@clc.cl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8046-2229

Funding

FONDECYT 11190882
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At July 25, 2020, WHO had recorded more than 16.1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, 1% of them developed critical illness. These patients can experience rapid progression to profound hypoxemia and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Some patients, despite receiving lung-protective ventilation and maximal medical therapy, develop refractory hypoxemia, rendering candidates for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. Centers with experience in this technique are available only in a few reference hospitals and some patients are too ill to be transferred with conventional mechanical ventilation so they need mobile ECMO (interhospital transport under ECMO). Here we report the first interhospital extracorporeal membrane oxygenation transport of a COVID-19 patient in Chile, showing that it is feasible and safe to transfer a COVID-19 patient under ECMO support if a mobile ECMO program is correctly implemented and the particularities of protective measures are properly taken.

Indexed as

COVID-19Extracorporeal Membrane OxygenationFemaleHumansMiddle AgedRespiratory Distress SyndromeTreatment OutcomeARDSCOVID-19ECMOMobile ECMOPersonal protective equipment

Identifiers

PMID32949269
PMCPMC7501505

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