Abstract
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an increasingly used life support modality in both respiratory and cardiac cases. The ECMO run may last from a few hours to several months and is usually associated with many major and minor events that can be overseen and may not always be documented. These ECMO complications are related to the circuit, the patient, or other factors such as procedures, drugs, environment, and personnel. The circuit may show some events that are usually predictable, manageable but require training to be dealt with effectively without compromising patient safety. Fortunately, the circuit-related complications are the most documented, 1 which include: oxygenator failure, clotting, inflammatory response, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, thrombopenia, hemolysis, air embolism, cannula-related blood stream infections, cannula dislodgement, bleeding, injury during insertion, malpositioning, recirculation, hypothermia, chattering, and oxygenator malfunction. The commonest comp...
Highlights
Abdelbary electricity-related events, and medical gases-related events, and these are usually unexpected and require special skills in communication and management.[5,6] These complications may represent a major distress to the patient, caring medical team, and family members
The Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) run may last from a few hours to several months and is usually associated with many major and minor events that can be overseen and may not always be documented
These ECMO complications are related to the circuit, the patient, or other factors such as procedures, drugs, environment, and personnel
Summary
Abdelbary electricity-related events, and medical gases-related events, and these are usually unexpected and require special skills in communication and management.[5,6] These complications may represent a major distress to the patient, caring medical team, and family members. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an increasingly used life support modality in both respiratory and cardiac cases.
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