Prolonged Noninvasive Respiratory Support Before Intubation Leads to Increased Duration of ECMO: More Evidence That Less Is More

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia.
² Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cooper University Healthcare, Camden, New Jersey.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Walter Reed National Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, INOVA Health System, Falls Church, Virginia.

Comment

Qamar Ahmad et al. ASAIO J. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 1;69(6):e286.

doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001903. Epub 2023 Mar 7.

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia.
² Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cooper University Healthcare, Camden, New Jersey.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Walter Reed National Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, INOVA Health System, Falls Church, Virginia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.

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