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A novel risk score for severe ARDS patients undergoing ECMO after retrieval from peripheral hospitals

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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in severe ARDS unresponsive to conventional protective ventilation is associated with elevated costs, resource and complications, and appropriate risk stratification of candidate patients could be useful to… Click to show full abstract

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in severe ARDS unresponsive to conventional protective ventilation is associated with elevated costs, resource and complications, and appropriate risk stratification of candidate patients could be useful to recognize those more likely to benefit from ECMO. We aimed to derive a new outcome prediction score for patients retrieved by our ECMO team from peripheral centers, including systematic echocardiographic evaluation before ECMO start.

Keywords: risk; score severe; risk score; novel risk; severe ards

Journal Title: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Year Published: 2018

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