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. 2021 Jan:39:245-246.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.039. Epub 2020 May 29.

Outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for patients with COVID-19: A pooled analysis of 331 cases

Thomas M Melhuish  1 , Ruan Vlok  2 , Christopher Thang  3 , Judith Askew  4 , Leigh White  3
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Outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for patients with COVID-19: A pooled analysis of 331 cases

Thomas M Melhuish et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Jan.
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Pooled prevalence of mortality for COVID-19 patients managed with ECMO.
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Doi plot of prevalence analysis for mortality of COVID-19 patients managed with ECMO. A Luis Furuya-Kanamori (LFK) index <1.0 indicates no asymmetry, 1.0 to 2.0 indicates minor asymmetry and >2.0 indicates major asymmetry.
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