Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Complications in Heparin- and Bivalirudin-Treated Patients

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Complications in Heparin- and Bivalirudin-Treated Patients

OBJECTIVES:. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is a potentially life-saving intervention in refractory cardiopulmonary failure, but it requires anticoagulation to prevent circuit thromboses, which exposes the patient to hemorrhagic complications. Heparin has traditionally been the anticoagulant of...

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Main Authors: Katherine Giuliano, MD, Benjamin F. Bigelow, BS, Eric W. Etchill, MD, MPH, Ana K. Velez, MD, Chin Siang Ong, MBBS, PhD, Chun W. Choi, MD, Errol Bush, MD, Sung-Min Cho, DO, MHS, Glenn J. R. Whitman, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-07-01
Series:Critical Care Explorations
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000485

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