A Simple Approach for Gas Blender on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Resource Shortage Context

With the massive influx of patients during COVID-19 pandemic into intensive care unit, resources have quickly been stretched to the limit, including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Gas blender attached to ECMO is used to allow precise adjustment of characteristics of fresh gas flow, that is, blood oxygen delivery and carbon dioxide removal. To cope with the gas blender shortage, we describe a back-up system set up in our French tertiary referral ECMO center using air and oxygen flowmeters. A table has been created to facilitate medical prescription but also nurse monitoring. This extraordinary situation forces physicians to adapt medical devices, and that could be useful in future viral pandemics.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:66

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ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) - 66(2020), 10 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 1076-1078

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

De Roux, Quentin [VerfasserIn]
Delage, Mathilde [VerfasserIn]
Lê, Minh Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Vincent, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Mongardon, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 19.11.2020

Date Revised 20.09.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MAT.0000000000001258

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NLM31704947X