Peripheral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe hyperlactataemia after cardiac surgery: a pilot study.

CONCLUSION: In a selected cohort of patients who had had cardiac surgery with severe post-operative hyperlactataemia, despite an acceptable cardiac index and a mixed venous oxygen saturation, splanchnic ECMO appeared to reduce overall lactate levels and time to normalisation of lactataemia. PMID: 28866978 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Critical Care and Resuscitation - Category: Intensive Care Tags: Crit Care Resusc Source Type: research