Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in awake patients as bridge to lung transplantation.

Abstract

ECMO support in patients who are awake and nonintubated represents a promising bridging strategy, which should be further evaluated to determine its role in patients with end-stage lung disease awaiting LuTx.

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Subjects

• Adult
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• Female
• Humans
• Lung Diseases
• Lung Transplantation
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Respiration, Artificial
• Retrospective Moral Judgment
• Treatment Outcome
• Waiting Lists
• Young Adult

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Authors

• Thomas Fuehner
• Christian Kuehn
• Johannes Hadem
• Olaf Wiesner
• Jens Gottlieb
• Igor Tudorache
• Karen M Olsson
• Mark Greer
• Wiebke Sommer
• Tobias Welte
• Axel Haverich
• Marius M Hoeper
• Gregor Warnecke

Publication date

2012-04-02

Journal

Journal topics

• Critical Care
• Respiratory Tract Diseases

Language

Eng.

Copyright

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Release reference

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Apr;185(7):763-8

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