학술논문
Initial Egyptian ECMO experience
Document Type
article
Author
Akram Abdelbary; Mohamed Khaled; Wael Sami; Ahmed Said; Mohamed Yosri; Mohamed Abuelwafa; Mahmoud Saad; Hani Tawfik; Ibrahim Zoghbi; Mohamed Abouelgheit; Ahmed Rostom; Walid Shehata; Ahmed Mostafa; Soliman Bilal; Ahmed Hares; Dina Zeid; Mohamed Saad; Karim Zaki; Hosam Abdelwahab; Khaled Hamed; Mohamed Ali; Abdalla Yusuf; Amany AbuZeid; Mohamed Mostafa; Tarek Mohsen; Mohamed Sewelam; Ahmed Elsharkawy; Yasser Abdelwahab; Alia Abdelfattah
Source
Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 25-32 (2016)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2090-7303
Abstract
Introduction: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is considered a rescue therapy in severe cases of acute cardiac and or respiratory failure. Aim of the work: We describe our initial experience at the first ECMO center in Egypt. Methods: Our adult ECMO program started in January 2014. Since then we supported eleven respiratory failure patients on ECMO indicated according to ELSO guidelines and one case of ECMO CPR. Respiratory failure patients were subjected to VV ECMO when lung injury score (LIS) was above 3 and PaO2/FiO2