Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

CONCLUSION: Despite a current scarcity of data, a survival advantage for eCPR treatment in selected OHCA patients must be assumed. If this can be substantiated by other high-quality studies, it seems to be indicated to evaluate if and to what extent resource-intensive eCPR programs can be comprehensively established.PMID:34694422 | DOI:10.1007/s00101-021-01056-w

Source: Der Anaesthesist - October 25, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Christopher Gaisendrees Sebastian Walter Anton Sabashnikov Christoph Adler Thorsten Wahlers Source Type: research