… MV and ECMO to improve hypoxemia in patients with ARDS … jeopardize the survival in these
ECMO-treated patients was still … a very suitable criterion to initiate respiratory ECMO. Some …

… transferred to an ECMO centre for consideration of ECMO six months after study entry. …
Severe hypoxaemia and/or hypercapnia as a result of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)…

… of 245 ARDS patients of whom 62 were treated with ECMO. … patients are in acute danger
for life due to severe hypoxemia. … However, both studies used different ARDS criteria. Based …

… (ECMO) in managing acute respiratory distress syndrome had … criteria were candidates for
ECMO: (1) severe hypoxemia, Pa… survival rate, indicating that there might be a role for ECMO …

… (45, 52 days) for the treatment of severe hypoxemia as a result … unable to predict survival for
ECMO patients using the usual … We believe that it is important to establish clinical guidelines …

… “hypoxia” is different from “hypoxaemia” and that hypoxia … by ECMO (VO 2 ECMO) is shown
in an adult ARDS patient with … , being based on specific criteria and a practical algorithm from …

… new studies are published and guidelines being updated; we … measure for severe hypoxemia
in ARDS and improved the P/F … ECMO should be considered in a select number of patients …

… factor associated with improved survival at 90-day. … ) is a potentially life-saving strategy
[5,6,7,8], when refractory hypoxemia or … We used previously published criteria to indicate ECMO …

… We reviewed severe ARDS patients who received ECMO due to refractory hypoxemia from
… The criteria for weaning from ECMO in our experience were resolving lungs infiltration, lung …

… patients with acute lung injury or ARDS has been shown to … 2 /FiO 2 indices, ie hypoxaemia
scores. The results of this study … referral according to the current guidelines (Appendix A). …