The Early Change in PaCO2 After Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Initiation is Associated with Neurological Complications.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients receiving ECMO for respiratory failure, a large relative decrease in PaCO2 in the first 24 hours after ECMO initiation is independently associated with an increased incidence of neurological complications. PMID: 32251606 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research