Successful mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenator for COVID‐19 severe respiratory failure
Nicolas Brozzi, Jaime Hernandez‐Montfort, Edward Noguera, Carla McWilliams, Cedric Sheffield, Steven Minear, Jeffrey Jacobs, Viviana Navas, Mauricio Velez, Robert J. Cubeddu, José Navia
Abstract
High volume extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) centers have developed mobile ECMO programs in recent years to facilitate the implementation of ECMO support at hospitals with lower capabilities, and transfer these patients for further care. We report a case of mobile ECMO on a patient with coronavirus disease 2019-related acute respiratory distress syndrome, and discuss the potential application in the current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic.
Topics & Concepts
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenationMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Acute respiratory distressIntensive care medicineOxygenatorRespiratory failureSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Pandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCoronavirusAcute respiratory failureRespiratory distressExtracorporealEmergency medicineDiseaseAnesthesiaSurgeryInternal medicineMechanical ventilationLungVirologyCardiopulmonary bypassInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research