Managing patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support during the COVID-19 pandemic - a proposal for a nursing standard operating procedure

• Main Authors: Mateusz Puslecki (Author), Marek Dabrowski (Author), Konrad Baumgart (Author), Marcin Ligowski (Author), Agata Dabrowska (Author), Piotr Ziemak (Author), Sebastian Stefaniak (Author), Lukasz Szarpak (Author), Tammy Friedrich (Author), Lidia Szlanga (Author), Paulina Skorupa (Author), Aleksandra Steliga (Author), Kazimiera Hebel (Author), Blazej Andrejanczyk (Author), Malgorzata Ladzinska (Author), Magdalena Wieczorek (Author), Lukasz Puslecki (Author), Jacek Smereka (Author), Monika Tukacs (Author), Justyna Swol (Author), Marek Jemielity (Author), Bartlomiej Perek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is effective in a selected critically ill patient population with promising results in refractory hypoxemia related to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, it requires specialized clinicians and resources in advanced techno...