ICU Vivas · ECMO
Clinical viva — your approach to the ECMO patient
A clinical viva on the approach to the patient on the ECMO — the mode (VV vs VA), the indication, the circuit management, the anticoagulation, the ventilator strategy, the weaning, and the complications.
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Prompt
A clinical viva on the approach to the patient on the ECMO — the mode (VV vs VA), the indication, the circuit management, the anticoagulation, the ventilator strategy, the weaning, and the complications.
The question
"Take me through your approach to a patient on the ECMO."[2]
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- [1]Combes A, Hajage D, Capellier G, et al. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (EOLIA). New England Journal of Medicine, 2018.PMID 29791822
- [2]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.