[ECMO support during the first two waves of the corona pandemic-a survey of high case volume centers in Germany]. / ECMO-Unterstützung während der ersten 2 Wellen der Coronapandemie eine Umfrage an Zentren mit hohen Fallzahlen in Deutschland.
Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed
; 2022 Sep 08.
Article
in German
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2007119
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, concerns were raised about sufficiency of available intensive care resources. In many places, routine interventions were postponed and criteria for the allocation of scarce resources were formulated. In Germany, some hospitals were at times seriously burdened during the course of the pandemic. Intensive care units in particular experienced a shortage of resources, which may have led to a restriction of services and a stricter indication setting for resource-intensive measures such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The aim of this work is to provide an overview of how these pressures were managed at large ECMO centers in Germany.METHODS:
One representative of each major ECMO referral center in Germany was invited to participate in an online survey in spring 2021.RESULTS:
Of 34 invitations that were sent out, the survey was answered by 23 participants. In all centers, routine procedures were postponed during the pandemic. Half of the centers increased the number of beds on which ECMO procedures could be offered. Nevertheless, in one-third of the centers, the start of at least one ECMO support was delayed because of a feared resource shortage. In 17% of centers, at least one patient was denied ECMO that he or she would have most likely received under prepandemic conditions.CONCLUSION:
The results of this online survey indicate that the experienced pressures and resource constraints led some centers to be cautious about ECMO indications.
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
German
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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