The clinical indications for Extrocopereal membrane oxygenation in acute and sever cases

Abstract

Objective To summarize the method and effects of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (EC-MO) for eight patients with sever heart or(and) lung diseases,and to get some reliable advises by analysis of retro-spoctive indications,timing and result in ECMO therapy. Methods Eight patients,aging from 26 to 82 and weighted from 57-87 kg were observed. Vein-artery ECMO was used in all patients,with the flow in 40-70 ml/(kg·min) and the activated clotting time(ACT) kept at 160-200 s. Results The time of ECMO support varied from 9.5 h to 84.1 h;Among the eight patients,one didn't weaned from ECMO and died,two who were weaned died 38 h ,6 h af-ter ECMO;five patients weanned succsesefully from ECMO and discharged. Conclusions ECMO do well in treat-ment of severe cardiopulmonary failure, resuscitation and support post cardiosurgery,and the indication and timing performance are important to the final result. Key words: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Acute and sever sydrome