Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Transport for Severe COVID-19: Why We Can and Should!

Sebastian Mang^{1

2}, Tobias Wengenmayer³, Guy Danziger^{1

2}, Ralf M Muellenbach⁴, Philipp M Lepper^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Saarland University Hospital Homburg/Saar, Germany.
² Pneumology, Allergology, Critical Care Interdisciplinary COVID-19 Center Homburg/Saar, Germany.
³ University Hospital of Freiburg Freiburg, Germany.
⁴ Campus Kassel of the University of Southampton Kassel, Germany.

Comment

Sebastian Mang et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022.

. 2022 Dec 1;206(11):1432-1433.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202207-1305LE.

Sebastian Mang^{1

2}, Tobias Wengenmayer³, Guy Danziger^{1

2}, Ralf M Muellenbach⁴, Philipp M Lepper^{1

2}

¹ Saarland University Hospital Homburg/Saar, Germany.
² Pneumology, Allergology, Critical Care Interdisciplinary COVID-19 Center Homburg/Saar, Germany.
³ University Hospital of Freiburg Freiburg, Germany.
⁴ Campus Kassel of the University of Southampton Kassel, Germany.

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Gannon WD, Stokes JW, Francois SA, Patel YJ, Pugh ME, Benson C, Rice TW, Bacchetta M, Semler MW, Casey JD. Gannon WD, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Dec 1;206(11):1433. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202207-1415LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022. PMID: 35882061 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Association between Availability of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 Eligible for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Natural Experiment.
Gannon WD, Stokes JW, Francois SA, Patel YJ, Pugh ME, Benson C, Rice TW, Bacchetta M, Semler MW, Casey JD. Gannon WD, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Jun 1;205(11):1354-1357. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202110-2399LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022. PMID: 35212255 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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