Austin Kluis, Emily Shih, John J Squiers, J Michael DiMaio, Jenelle Sheasby, David Myers, Timothy J George
The Annals of thoracic surgery 2022 Jan 31Coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia with respiratory failure refractory to maximum medical therapy has been successfully managed with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. This report describes a process of using directed hypercapnia in 5 patients to wean them from prolonged extracorporeal support secondary to refractory hypercarbic respiratory failure. Copyright © 2022 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Austin Kluis, Emily Shih, John J Squiers, J Michael DiMaio, Jenelle Sheasby, David Myers, Timothy J George. Directed Hypercapnia as a Strategy to Wean Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in COVID-19 Pneumonia. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2022 Jan 31
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