Multidisciplinary shock team is associated with improved outcomes in patients undergoing ECPR.

CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate that adult patients in cardiac arrest initiated on VA ECMO in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and cared for by a multidisciplinary shock team in the critical care unit have superior long-term survival and functionally favorable neurologic recovery when compared to current literature.
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Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - October 8, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Hryniewicz K, Hart M, Raile D, Wang Y, Mooney M, Mudy K, Eckman PM, Samara MA, Traverse J, Sun B, Williams DM, Wilson KJ, Pavlovec M, Kunz M, Lyon D, Chavez I Tags: Int J Artif Organs Source Type: research