ArticleAnnals of intensive care2024
Early reapplication of prone position during venovenous ECMO for acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective observational study and propensity-matched analysis.
Article in Annals of intensive care, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04139733 (Early Use of Prone Position in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Early Use of Prone Position in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Prone positioning during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Intensive care medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Managing Refractory Hypoxemia in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Obese Patients with Veno-Venous Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Influence of Prone Position on the Survival of COVID-19 Patients Undergoing Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: A Propensity Score Matching Study.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Case Report: A case of severe viral pneumonia complicated by pulmonary embolism treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation combined with interventional thrombectomy.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundA combination of prone positioning (PP) and venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) is safe, feasible, and associated with potentially improved survival for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, whether ARDS patients, especially non-COVID-19 patients, placed in PP before VV-ECMO should continue PP after a VV-ECMO connection is unknown. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that early use of PP during VV-ECMO could increase the proportion of patients successfully weaned from ECMO support in severe ARDS patients who received PP before ECMO.
methodsIn this prospective observational study, patients with severe ARDS who were treated with VV-ECMO were divided into two groups: the prone group and the supine group, based on whether early PP was combined with VV-ECMO. The proportion of patients successfully weaned from VV-ECMO and 60-day mortality were analyzed before and after propensity score matching.
resultsA total of 165 patients were enrolled, 50 in the prone and 115 in the supine group. Thirty-two (64%) and 61 (53%) patients were successfully weaned from ECMO in the prone and the supine groups, respectively. The proportion of patients successfully weaned from VV-ECMO in the prone group tended to be higher, albeit not statistically significant. During PP, there was a significant increase in partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO
conclusionsPatients with severe ARDS placed in PP before VV-ECMO should continue PP after VV-ECMO support. This approach could increase the probability of successful weaning from VV-ECMO.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.Gov: NCT04139733. Registered 23 October 2019.
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