Parallel Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Circuits for Refractory Hypoxemia in a Super-Super-Obese Patient

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
³ Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic and Critical Care Sections, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Section, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC. Electronic address: rfernan@wakehealth.edu.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA.

Melina Shoni et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;37(7):1304-1314.

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.03.008. Epub 2023 Mar 12.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
³ Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic and Critical Care Sections, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Section, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC. Electronic address: rfernan@wakehealth.edu.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA.

No abstract available

Keywords: ECMO; MCS; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; hypoxemia; mechanical circulatory support; obese.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest None.