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. 2021 Mar;47(3):344-348.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06272-3. Epub 2021 Jan 9.

ECMO for COVID-19 patients in Europe and Israel

Roberto Lorusso  1   2 , Alain Combes  3 , Valeria Lo Coco  1 , Maria Elena De Piero  1 , Jan Belohlavek  4 ; EuroECMO COVID-19 WorkingGroup; Euro-ELSO Steering Committee
Collaborators, Affiliations

ECMO for COVID-19 patients in Europe and Israel

Roberto Lorusso et al. Intensive Care Med. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

R.L. declares to be a consultant for Medtronic, LivaNova and Member of the Medical Advisory Board for Eurosets. J.B. declares to be a consultant for Abiomed and Getinge. The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Fig. 1
European trends of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in COVID-19 as of September 14th, 2020. a Absolute number of ECMO cases as observed in 177 European/Israeli centres. b Number and percentage of ongoing cases, 2 patients at the 2nd run of ECMO included. c Number of patients deceased on ECMO and after ECMO weaning. Currently, 44% died overall, 8,4% died after weaning, e.g. 4,7% of all
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