#ECMO

Rizzo: Unchained

A2thaRizzo

Rationing runs deeper than ventilators & PPE. Some #COVID19 patients may receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or cardiopulmonary life support, as an adjunct to ventilation & medical mgmt. ECMO therapy

A.E. Turnbull, DVM, MPH, PhD

vitaincerta

There's a FANTASTIC ethnography of ECMO in press @AnnalsofSurgery with 380 hours of observations and 47 interviews with families and clinicians of 20 #ecmo patients. There are A LOT of

Sayed Tabatabai, MD

TheRealDoctorT

The art of being alive is the art of balance.Often there is an illusion of rock solid stability to our lives, when the truth is the biochemical parameters for our

B. D. Jay

BDJay73

I am an American living in Japan. Docs here have GREAT SUCCESS treating covd19 criticals with ECMO! Jap Docs have been screaming to the world about ECMO, VENTS. DON'T WORK

Jenny Kitzinger

JennyKitzinger

At a Court of Protection hearing today, before Mr Justice Keehan, I listened to doctors report on how they’d given ‘futile’ & ‘’burdensome’ treatment to a dying man over many

Guerin Green

GuerinGreen

1/N thread on Nat’l #COVID19 Clinical Rounds Apr 7 relevant images at END of thread 2/N Mark Cardi Emory U:Outcome vary on patient mix, location and resources 3/N Rapid moving,

Sandra Newman

sannewman

OK this is a *very dark* thread in response to people saying it's time to reopen America, and they're not afraid, and you're more likely to be killed in a

Niall Ferguson

nialldferguson

1/9- Just coming off a week on call in the MSICU at TGH with @ecgoligher. Started the week with 6 COVID+ patients and we transferred in 12 more, mostly for

Chris Meadows

mrbrownsauce

To explain our rationale...COVID-19 seems to present as 2 phenotypes: initially high compliance with poor V/Q match and low recruitability, ‘dry’ lungs; versus subsequent low compliance, ‘wet’ lungs, potentially recruitable.

Konstantin Krychtiuk

krychtiukmd

How to use inotropes and vasopressors in cardiogenic shock? @susannaprice gives a fantastic overview!Definition of cardiogenic shockLactate is important! #ESCCongress @drdargaray @rafavidalperez @ALEX_MISCHIE #ECMO #ECLS What do the guideli

Ben Dean

bendean1979

The way CPR is treated differently to any other intervention is ludicrous and often harmful. CPR should be treated the same as other interventions, and it should not be offered

Jonah Rubin, MD

JonahRubinMD

Can blood transfusions increase an O2 sat from 80 to 87%?YES! When the patient is on ECMO! (Or has a shunt…)Buckle up for a hopefully understandable deep dive into some

Colleen Farrell, MD

colleenmfarrell

Could someone share a good practical resource for learning ecmo basics? YouTube videos + handout would be my ideal. Resident level key points please. My co-residents and I need to

Aged Human

Laura__Fox

Boris's nurse Luis works with ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation).How many people can the NHS treat with this level of care?@EmmaKennedy@abcpoppins@acgrayling@ElliotElinor@carolecadwallaSource is a Portuguese newspaper https://observador.p

Ryan Grimes

ryanodinegrimes

Part 1: Could #ventilatorinducedlunginjury be worsening COVID19 patient health? Potential #COVID19 drugs include #IL6inhibitors #tocilizumab and #sarilumab — #biologics that may improve lung tissue damage caused by #cytokinerelease in patients

Bruno Rodrigues

BrunoRodrigMD

As ERAS is finally opened, I want to share my experience @BCM_Lung (with some numbers by the end of my first year). #pccmfellowship here will give you the opportunity to