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VA ECMO Unloading - LV Venting
Different LV Venting Strategies work through these basic mechanisms: ↓ Preload,
VA ECMO Unloading ... Afterload • Reducing ECMO ... Flow: ↓ Afterload ... karanpdesai #VAECMO ... cardiology #management #ecmo
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - Basics
Mode of cardiopulmonary support used to treat pulmonary and/or cardiovascular failure
Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO ... artificial circuit ECMO ... lung injury • ECMO ... deployment of VA-ECMO ... both VV- & VA-ECMO
Rewarming Methods in Hypothermia
 • Passive rewarming - Requires adequate patient physiologic mechanisms. Inadequate for more
Bladder lavage - Low ... benefit, low risk ... access to CPB or ECMO ... circulation • VV-ECMO ... Cardiopulmonary bypass or VA-ECMO
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
with COVID-19 Low ... flow nasal cannula ... VV-ECMO • indicatons ... discussion With ECMO ... hypoxia #failure #algorithm
Algorithm of Indications for ECMO in Poisoning

#ECMO #Poisoning #toxicology #Algorithm #Indications #management
Algorithm of Indications ... for ECMO in Poisoning ... #ECMO #Poisoning ... #toxicology #Algorithm
ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Fundamentals
Definitions:
 • ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) provides prolonged pulmonary and/or circulatory support
Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO ... Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO ... • VV ECMO: artificially ... native lung • VA ECMO ... MD @nickmmark #ECMO
Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest Management
"Not dead until 32° and dead"
1) Start ACLS + Rewarming
2) Should this code
resuscitation. 3) Call ECMO ... Centre ASAP: ECMO ... esophageal probe 5) No ECMO ... How to Rewarm: 1
Chattering on ECMO
What is chattering? If you look closely at this video clip, the tubing is
Chattering on ECMO ... volume (which is low ... due to decreased flow ... through the ECMO ... @pulmcritdoc #ECMO
True Hyponatremia Differential Algorithm

Instead (or in addition) of volume status examination, check urine sodium and serum
Hyponatremia Differential Algorithm ... - Urine sodium low ... and uric acid low ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
ECMO circuit chatter - rhythmic pulsations in the drainage catheter/tubing leading to the pump
CHATTER occurs when
ECMO circuit chatter ... decreasing pump flow ... MD @nickmmark #ECMO