Initial ELSO Guidance Document: ECMO for COVID-19 Patients with Severe Cardiopulmonary Failure

• Authors: Robert H. Bartlett, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization; Mark T. Ogino, Thomas Jefferson University; Daniel Brodie, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; David M. McMullan, Seattle Childrens Hospital; Roberto Lorusso, Maastricht University; Graeme MacLaren, National University Singapore; Christine M. Stead, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization; Peter Rycus, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization; John F. Fraser, Prince Charles Hospital; Jan Belohlavek, Charles University Prague; Leonardo Salazar, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Yatin Mehta, Medanta Hospital; Lakshmi Raman, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Matthew Paden, Emory University
• Journal Title: ASAIO JOURNAL
• Volume: Volume 66, Number 5
• Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | 2020-05-01, Pages 472-474
• Type of Work: Article | Final Publisher PDF
• Publisher DOI: http://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000001173
• Subjects: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery; Engineering, Biomedical; Health Sciences, Epidemiology; Health Sciences, Public Health
• Keywords: Science & Technology; Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Engineering, Biomedical; Transplantation; Engineering; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; acute respiratory distress syndrome; COVID-19; pandemic

Abstract

Disclaimer: ECMO has, and will certainly continue, to play a role in the management of COVID-19 patients. It should be emphasized that this initial guidance is based on the current best evidence for ECMO use during this pandemic. Guidance documents addressing additional portions of ECMO care are currently being assembled for rapid publication and distribution to ECMO centers worldwide.