Albumin fluid resuscitation in patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) therapy is associated with improved survival

Tobias Wengenmayer^{1

2}, Florentine Schroth^{1

2}, Paul M Biever^{1

2}, Daniel Duerschmied^{1

2}, Christoph Benk³, Georg Trummer³, Klaus Kaier^{1

4}, Christoph Bode^{1

2}, Dawid L Staudacher^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, Heart Center Freiburg University, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetterstrasse 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
² Department of Medicine III (Interdisciplinary Medical Intensive Care), Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Freiburg University, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
⁴ Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
⁵ Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, Heart Center Freiburg University, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetterstrasse 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany. dawid.staudacher@universitaets-herzzentrum.de.
⁶ Department of Medicine III (Interdisciplinary Medical Intensive Care), Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. dawid.staudacher@universitaets-herzzentrum.de.

Tobias Wengenmayer et al. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;44(12):2312-2314.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5443-y. Epub 2018 Nov 14.

¹ Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, Heart Center Freiburg University, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetterstrasse 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
² Department of Medicine III (Interdisciplinary Medical Intensive Care), Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Freiburg University, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
⁴ Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
⁵ Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, Heart Center Freiburg University, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetterstrasse 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany. dawid.staudacher@universitaets-herzzentrum.de.
⁶ Department of Medicine III (Interdisciplinary Medical Intensive Care), Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. dawid.staudacher@universitaets-herzzentrum.de.

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