Bilateral Femoral Cannulation Is Associated With Reduced Severe Limb Ischemia-Related Complications Compared With Unilateral Femoral Cannulation in Adult Peripheral Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation : Results From the Extracorporeal Life Support Registry

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OBJECTIVES: Peripheral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) with femoral access is obtained through unilateral or bilateral groin cannulation. Whether one cannulation strategy is associated with a lower risk for limb ischemia remains unknown. We aim to assess if one strategy is preferable.

DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study based on the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry.

SETTING: ECMO centers worldwide included in the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry.

PATIENTS: All adult patients (≥ 18 yr) who received peripheral venoarterial ECMO with femoral access and were included from 2014 to 2020.

INTERVENTIONS: Unilateral or bilateral femoral cannulation.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The primary outcome was the occurrence of limb ischemia defined as a composite endpoint including the need for a distal perfusion cannula (DPC) after 6 hours from implantation, compartment syndrome/fasciotomy, amputation, revascularization, and thrombectomy. Secondary endpoints included bleeding at the peripheral cannulation site, need for vessel repair, vessel repair after decannulation, and in-hospital death. Propensity score matching was performed to account for confounders. Overall, 19,093 patients underwent peripheral venoarterial ECMO through unilateral ( n = 11,965) or bilateral ( n = 7,128) femoral cannulation. Limb ischemia requiring any intervention was not different between both groups (bilateral vs unilateral: odds ratio [OR], 0.92; 95% CI, 0.82-1.02). However, there was a lower rate of compartment syndrome/fasciotomy in the bilateral group (bilateral vs unilateral: OR, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.66-0.97). Bilateral cannulation was also associated with lower odds of cannulation site bleeding (bilateral vs unilateral: OR, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.76-0.99), vessel repair (bilateral vs unilateral: OR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.38-0.79), and in-hospital mortality (bilateral vs unilateral: OR, 0.85; 95% CI, 0.81-0.91) compared with unilateral cannulation. These findings were unchanged after propensity matching.

CONCLUSIONS: This study showed no risk reduction for overall limb ischemia-related events requiring DPC after 6 hours when comparing bilateral to unilateral femoral cannulation in peripheral venoarterial ECMO. However, bilateral cannulation was associated with a reduced risk for compartment syndrome/fasciotomy, lower rates of bleeding and vessel repair during ECMO, and lower in-hospital mortality.

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CommentIn: Crit Care Med. 2024 Jan 1;52(1):153-155. - PMID 38095524

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

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Critical care medicine - 52(2024), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 80-91

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Englisch

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Simons, Jorik [VerfasserIn]
Di Mauro, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Mariani, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Ravaux, Justine [VerfasserIn]
van der Horst, Iwan C C [VerfasserIn]
Driessen, Rob G H [VerfasserIn]
Sels, Jan Willem [VerfasserIn]
Delnoij, Thijs [VerfasserIn]
Brodie, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Abrams, Darryl [VerfasserIn]
Mueller, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Taccone, Fabio Silvio [VerfasserIn]
Belliato, Mirko [VerfasserIn]
Broman, Mike Lars [VerfasserIn]
Malfertheiner, Maximilian V [VerfasserIn]
Boeken, Udo [VerfasserIn]
Fraser, John [VerfasserIn]
Wiedemann, Dominik [VerfasserIn]
Belohlavek, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Barrett, Nicholas A [VerfasserIn]
Tonna, Joseph E [VerfasserIn]
Pappalardo, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Barbaro, Ryan P [VerfasserIn]
Ramanathan, Kollengode [VerfasserIn]
MacLaren, Graeme [VerfasserIn]
van Mook, Walther N K A [VerfasserIn]
Mees, Barend [VerfasserIn]
Lorusso, Roberto [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 06.02.2024

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CommentIn: Crit Care Med. 2024 Jan 1;52(1):153-155. - PMID 38095524

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10.1097/CCM.0000000000006040

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NLM361758316