Assessment of safety and bleeding risk in the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for multitrauma patients: A multicenter review

CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that the use of ECMO in trauma patients does not exacerbate primary traumatic injury regardless of anticoagulation commencement and may confer a survival benefit. Neurological injury should not be seen as an absolute contraindication to ECMO. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic/Care Management, Level V.
Source: The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research