Title: ECMO in Trauma<br/>Author: Robert Flint<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/2561/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">   <span id="docs-internal-guid-aff126ea-7fff-a274-e0b2-b77e4852548a"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This systematic review and analysis found in 1822 trauma patients treated with ECMO:</span></span></p>  <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">   <span id="docs-internal-guid-aff126ea-7fff-a274-e0b2-b77e4852548a"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Overall 66% survival to discharge</span></span></p>  <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">   <span id="docs-internal-guid-aff126ea-7fff-a274-e0b2-b77e4852548a"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-VV ECMO was significantly superior to VA ECMO</span></span></p>  <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">   <span id="docs-internal-guid-aff126ea-7fff-a274-e0b2-b77e4852548a"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Mean age was 35 years. Typical of ECMO use in trauma is younger healthier patients </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; text-indent: 36pt;">are chosen to receive ECMO</span></p>  <p>    </p>  <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">   <span id="docs-internal-guid-aff126ea-7fff-a274-e0b2-b77e4852548a"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“ECMO is not a routine life-saving intervention following trauma, but rather a salvage therapy that effectively replaces conventional treatment for young, healthy patients when conventional methods fail. Its complexity requires a multidisciplinary healthcare team and sufficient resources for optimal implementation.”</span></span></p>  <div>    </div>  <fieldset><legend>References</legend>

                <p>   Zhang et al. European Journal of Medical Research (2023) 28:412 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-023-01390-2</p>  </fieldset>