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Ann Transl Med. 2017 Feb;5(4):72. doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.01.11.

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Annals of translational medicine

Nicholson Yam, David Michael McMullan

Affiliations

  1. Division of Cardiac Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.

PMID: 28275617 PMCID: PMC5337222 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2017.01.11

Abstract

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is used for patients in isolated or combined cardiopulmonary failures. The use of ECLS to rescue patients with cardiac arrest that is refractory to conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation has been shown to improve survival in many patient populations. Increasing recognition of the survival benefit associated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) has led to increased use of ECPR during the past decade. This review provides an overview of ECPR utilization; population-based clinical outcomes, resource utilization and costs associated this advanced form of life support therapy.

Keywords: Cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); extracorporeal life support (ECLS); extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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