Patient, pre-cannulation disease factors heighten mortality risk in COVID-19 ECMO patients
A higher likely risk for mortality in COVID-19 patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was found in older patients, men and those with chronic lung disease, according to study results published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine.Further, an extended duration of symptoms and invasive mechanical ventilation, as well as heightened driving pressure and partial pressure of arterial carbon
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