ArticleCritical care explorations2022
Organ Donation From Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation at the Time of Death.
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- Utilization and outcomes of organs from ECMO-supported brain-dead donors: two-center experience.Journal of intensive care · 2026Article
- Determination of brain death in potential donors on ECMO support : A retrospective analysis highlights the need for evidence-based recommendations.Die Anaesthesiologie · 2026Article
- Death by Neurologic Criteria in Neonates Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Study, 2010-2023.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2026Article
- Utilization of Liver Grafts From Donation After Circulatory Death Donors on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support Using Normothermic Regional Perfusion.Transplantation direct · 2025Article
- The Evolving Role of Extracorporeal In Situ Perfusion Technology in Organ Donor Recovery with Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death Organ Donors.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Evaluating the Quality and Reliability of YouTube as a Source of Information on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Call to Publish More Quality Videos by Professionals.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Article
- Organ donation from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and ventricular assist devices in Victoria, Australia: Characteristics and trends.Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: unmet needs and perspectives.Rheumatology international · 2024Review
- Temporal trends in organ donation among cardiac arrest patients treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Resuscitation · 2024Article
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Abstract
To describe the clinical characteristics and organ donation rate of patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) at the time of death.
designRetrospective observational study. Pearson chi-square and Fisher exact tests were used in statistical analyses.
settingOne hundred twenty-seven acute care hospitals in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. PATIENTS: Adult and pediatric patients who were on ECMO at the time of referral to a large organ procurement organization (OPO) between 2016 and 2020.
interventionsNone. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsNineteen thousand nine hundred thirty patients were referred to the OPO between November 2016 and September 2020, of which 5,034 were medically suitable potential donors. Of this cohort, 143 patients were supported on ECMO at the time of OPO referral and 141 were included in analyses (median age 47 yr, 60% male). Thirty-three percent (46/141, median age 48 yr, 52% male) donated organs, compared with 50% of non-ECMO patients (
conclusionsOne-third of patients referred to the OPO on ECMO at the time of death donated organs. While donation occurred less frequently after ECMO, ECMO and non-ECMO patients had organs used rather than discarded at a similar rate. Patients successfully donated following OHCA and/or ECPR. Clinicians should not consider ECMO a barrier to organ donation.
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