ArticleAnnals of intensive care2021
Impact of obesity on survival in COVID-19 ARDS patients receiving ECMO: results from an ambispective observational cohort.
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- Evolving outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2022Pooled it
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- Obesity and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.Respiratory care · 2024Review
- Modifying Candidacy and Management to Improve Extracorporeal Support During Supply-Demand Mismatch.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2024Article
- Relationship between the Pre-ECMO and ECMO Time and Survival of Severe COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Mortality in Patients with Obesity and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: The Multicenter ECMObesity Study.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023Article
- Obesity Paradox in Lung Diseases: What Explains It?Obesity facts · 2023Review
- Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in Brazil: a case series.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2023Article
- The impact of obesity on the outcome of severe SARS-CoV-2 ARDS in a high volume ECMO centre: ECMO and corticosteroids support the obesity paradox.Journal of critical care · 2022Article
- Outcomes of Early Versus Late Tracheostomy in Patients With COVID-19: A Multinational Cohort Study.Critical care explorations · 2022Article
- Key characteristics impacting survival of COVID-19 extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.Critical care (London, England) · 2022Article
- Impact of dexamethasone on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients: a propensity-matched cohort study.Critical care (London, England) · 2022Article
- The Prognostic Factors of Bloodstream Infection in Immunosuppressed Elderly Patients: A Retrospective, Single-center, Five-year Cohort Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2022Article
- Association of obesity paradox with prognosis of veno-venous-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with coronavirus disease 2019.Acute medicine & surgeryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSince March 2020, health care systems were importantly affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, with some patients presenting severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), requiring extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). We designed an ambispective observational cohort study including all consecutive adult patients admitted to 5 different ICUs from a university hospital. The main objective was to identify the risk factors of severe COVID-19 ARDS patients supported by ECMO associated with 90-day survival.
resultsBetween March 1st and November 30th 2020, 76 patients with severe COVID-19 ARDS were supported by ECMO. Median (interquartile range IQR) duration of mechanical ventilation (MV) prior to ECMO was of 6 (3-10) days. At ECMO initiation, patients had a median PaO
conclusionIn this ambispective observational cohort of COVID-19 severe ARDS supported by ECMO, obesity was an independent factor associated with improved survival at 90-day.
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