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Editorial
. 2020 Jan 7;24(1):7.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2722-0.

ECPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: more evidence is needed

Graeme MacLaren  1   2 , Amirali Masoumi  3 , Daniel Brodie  3
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Editorial

ECPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: more evidence is needed

Graeme MacLaren et al. Crit Care. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Adult; ECLS; ECMO; ECPR; Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Extracorporeal life support; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Field; Mobile.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Brodie receives research support from ALung Technologies; he was previously on their medical advisory board. He has been on the medical advisory boards for Baxter, BREETHE, Xenios and Hemovent. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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