Implementing ECCO2R and vv-ECMO in non-academic centres

• 16/10/2018

Shares experiences of implementing extracorporeal life support in a non-academic hospital. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening disorder characterised by severe impairment of gas exchange. The most common causes are pneumonia, sepsis and acute pancreatitis. It is accurately defined in the Berlin definitions (ARDS Definition Task Force 2012). Progression to...