The Obesity Paradox in Patients in Need of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

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Editorial

Peter Pickkers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 15;208(6):649-650.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202307-1261ED.

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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Mortality in Patients with Obesity and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: The Multicenter ECMObesity Study.
Rudym D, Pham T, Rackley CR, Grasselli G, Anderson M, Baldwin MR, Beitler J, Agerstrand C, Serra A, Winston LA, Bonadonna D, Yip N, Emerson LJ, Dzierba A, Sonett J, Abrams D, Ferguson ND, Bacchetta M, Schmidt M, Brodie D; LIFEGARDS collaborators. Rudym D, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Sep 15;208(6):685-694. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202212-2293OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023. PMID: 37638735 Free PMC article.

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