Clinical Course of COVID-19 Patients Treated with ECMO: a Multicenter Study in Daegu, South Korea

The novel corona viral disease 2019 (COVID-19) has now infected over 6 million people worldwide. In Korea, over 10,000 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 infection, and Daegu was the first epicenter of the outbreak. The spectrum of the clinical manifestations of COVID-19 is broad, ranging from mild disease to critical disease. In the largest case series reported by the Chinese Centers for Disease Control, 5% of patients were critical, presenting with respiratory failure, septic shock, and/or multiple organ dysfunction or failure.

Source: Heart and Lung - October 19, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Woo Sung Jang, JaeBum Kim, Jonghyun Baek, Hanna Jung, Jae Seok Jang, Jae Seok Park, Tak-Hyuk Oh, Se Yong Jang, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Shik Kwon Source Type: research