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B Introduction: b Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) provides life-saving support in severe coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) infections resulting in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure refractory to conventional medication support. 13 patients required at least one ECMO-circuit exchange and 16 patients did not require any exchanges. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Critical Care Medicine is the property of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)