VV-ECMO as a Platform to Evaluate Bronchoscopic Saline Lavage and Surfactant Therapy in Severe ARDS

Abstract

The primary aim of our study was to create a clinically relevant, reproducible model of severe ARDS requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Secondly, we sought to use this model as a platform to evaluate a bronchoscopic intervention that involved saline lavage and surfactant replacement therapy (SRT).