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Lack of association between body weight and mortality in patients on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Suhel Al-Soufi, Hergen Buscher, Nguyen Dinh Nguyen, Peter Rycus, Priya Nair Int Care Med, 2013, online first Aug 2013

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This retrospecitve ELSO registry analysis primarily looks at the association between body weight and mortality in patients requiring V-V ECMO for respiratory support. In 1344 adults they found;

- age over 53 yrs, primary diagnosis other than pneumonia, and intubation for > 3 days...


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