#ECMO candidacy decision-making @JonahRubinMD#ELSO2024
Perfect candidate for #ECLS?? 🚦will die without ECMO & 🚦will live meaningfully with ECMO (hard to say)... 3 possibilities for non-candidacy
🚧 disease process is irreversible, and patient cannot receive a #transplantation
🪦patient's critical illness is unsurvivable
🍂patient can survive, but not meaningfully
@accpchest
🖇️ https://t.co/13tmb0gf8N
🚨VV ECMO candidacy decisions are not consistent!
They generally should be.
Just out in @journal_CHEST - the first output of the newly formed EC-YES international study group analyzing the quality of ECMO candidacy decision-making. 🧵 (1/7)
https://t.co/SIJQkhPoYI
@NephroP Thanks for catching this @NephroP
This is my mistake.
It should read (as you mentioned):
4(TRVmax^2)+RAP=RVSP
RVSP=sPAP in the absence of pulmonic stenosis
My apologies
Liberating #ARDS pts from #ECMO using standardized approach
@efan75 et al #FOAMcc@yourICM https://t.co/Euk4MI9Uxq
Check supplementary material for detailed:
➡️ screening criteria for eligibility
➡️ instructions for performing liberation trial
➡️ termination (failure) criteria