Mouhamed D Moussa, Jérôme Soquet, Emmanuel Robin, Julien Labreuche, Natacha Rousse, Antoine Rauch, Valentin Loobuyck, Guillaume Leroy, Thibault Duburcq, Guillaume Gantois, Xavier Leroy, Slimane Ait-Ouarab, Antoine Lamer, Lise Thellier, Oliver Lukowiak, Guillaume Schurtz, Christophe Muller, Francis Juthier, Sophie Susen, André Vincentelli
PURPOSE: The severity of bleeding events is heterogeneously defined during peripheral veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (pVA-ECMO). We studied three bleeding definitions in pVA-ECMO: the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO)-serious bleeding, the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC), and the universal definition of postoperative bleeding (UPDB) classifications. METHODS: We included consecutive adult patients supported by pVA-ECMO for refractory cardiogenic shock admitted to Lille academic hospitals between January 2013 and December 2019...
March 4, 2024: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia