A Double-Edged Sword: Neurologic Complications and Mortality in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy for COVID-19-Related Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome at a Tertiary Care Center.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
; 41(11): 2009-2011, 2020 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-732928
ABSTRACT
In this clinical case series, we report our experience to date with neurologic complications of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy for COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. We have found an unexpectedly increased rate of complications as demonstrated by neuroimaging compared with meta-analysis data in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy for all Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome etiologies over the past few decades and compared with the most recent baseline data describing the incidence of neurologic complication in all patients with COVID-19. For our 12-patient cohort, there was a rate of intracranial hemorrhage of 41.7%. Representative cases and images of devastating intracranial hemorrhage are presented. We hypothesize that the interplay between hematologic changes inherent to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and inflammatory and coagulopathic changes that have begun to be elucidated as part of the COVID-19 disease process are responsible. Continued analysis of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy in this disease paradigm is warranted.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
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Coronavirus Infections
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Reviews
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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