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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Impact of a VA-ECMO in Combination with an Extracorporeal Cytokine Hemadsorption System in Critically Ill Patients with Cardiogenic Shock-Design and Rationale of the ECMOsorb Trial.

Franz Haertel, Thomas Lehmann, Tabitha Heller, Michael Fritzenwanger, Ruediger Pfeifer, Daniel Kretzschmar, Sylvia Otto, Jurgen Bogoviku, Julian Westphal, Christiane Bruening and 4 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Current and novel biomarkers in cardiogenic shock.European journal of heart failure · 2025
    Review
  4. CytoSorbBiomedicines · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Franz HaertelDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4883-5176
Thomas LehmannCenter of Clinical Studies, University Hospital Jena, Salvador-Allende-Platz 27, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Tabitha HellerCenter of Clinical Studies, University Hospital Jena, Salvador-Allende-Platz 27, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Michael FritzenwangerDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Ruediger PfeiferDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Daniel KretzschmarDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Sylvia OttoDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Jurgen BogovikuDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Julian WestphalDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Christiane BrueningDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Thomas GecksDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Mirko KaluzaDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Sven Moebius-WinklerDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
P Christian SchulzeDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9442-7141
Jena University Hospital · DE

Funding

CytoSorbents (Germany) Vertrag Nr. I 5630
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiogenic shock and arrest present as critical, life-threatening emergencies characterized by severely compromised tissue perfusion and inadequate oxygen supply. Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) serves as a mechanical support system for patients suffering shock refractory to conventional resuscitation. Despite the utilization of VA-ECMO, clinical deterioration due to systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) resulting from the underlying shock and exposure of blood cells to the artificial surfaces of the ECMO circuit may occur. To address this issue, cytokine adsorbers offer a valuable solution by eliminating blood proteins, thereby controlling SIRS and potentially improving hemodynamics. Consequently, a prospective, randomized, blinded clinical trial will be carried out with ECMOsorb. METHODS AND STUDY

designECMOsorb is a single-center, controlled, randomized, triple-blinded trial that will compare the hemodynamic effects of treatment with a VA-ECMO in combination with a cytokine adsorber (CytoSorb

conclusionsThe ECMOsorb trial seeks to assess the efficacy of a cytokine adsorber (CytoSorb

Indexed as

acute heart failurecytokine removalCytoSorb®ECMOextracorporeal mechanical circulatory supportICUshock

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PMID37568295
PMCPMC10420280
OpenAlexW4385278014

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