#ECMO
Complications on VA #ECMO have significant/cumulative effect on survival. Patients without complications within the first 3 weeks had highest survival. Absolute 30-day risk of mortality greater if complications, increasing from 49% (0 complications) to 93% with neuro complication
🖇️ bit.ly/4dxaHWu
October 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Cannulas are direct/indispensable interface between patients & #ECMO but may also cause severe side-effects, as thrombosis and hemolysis! Simulation study evaluating impact of drainage cannulas design
🔓 rdcu.be/jMXLG1avSyoa
Simulation study on impact of drainage cannulas in #ECMO
🩸 current design? no-flow/stagnation areas, which may induce thrombosis, especially if EBF <2LPM
🩸 largest flow proportion drains through proximal holes
⚙️ new design improves pressure loss, but increases distal no-flow
🔓 rdcu.be/jMXLG1avSyoa
October 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Die härteste Antwort die ich mal mitbekommen hatte, war:

„ Da hing ich an der Ecmo…“

Das Gesicht vom Personaler hätte ich gerne gesehen…
October 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
When you're a Navy pilot but your aircrew/ECMO is a Marine
October 10, 2026 at 7:16 AM
ECMO. We’re at the ECMO part of the Portal Fantasy movie.
October 8, 2026 at 4:04 AM
lol I once had an ECMO pump get jammed. Guess who is the first person to ever use a hand crank in the history of the ICU at the hospital 🙋🏻‍♀️
October 11, 2026 at 4:35 PM
LMAOOOO this reminds me of when i used to try to play kidney transplant with my mom and she had to remind me she did not need another new one yet (but i was not incorporating ECMO! smart bean!)
October 12, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Percutaneous adult #ECMO #cannulation workshop ongoing in 📌 in Ann Arbor! The trainees had multiple hands-on opportunities to cannulate, and strengthen their approach to challenging cases
🎓 Next available 1 day sessions??
📆 April 16, 17 OR 18, 2026 (🪑 few seats!)

Register at 🎓 bit.ly/ELSOAcademy
October 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Because we listen to scientists from many disciplines & b/c our loved ones with high risk conditions have given us experiences inside healthcare that we are highly motivated to avoid (like ICUs and ECMO and weeks/months of hospitalization and the ongoing physical, mental and financial pain).
But the lack of guarante is not why ppl still mask.

Ppl still mask bc they have Long COVID. Bc they have other high-risk conditions that make infection a serious matter for them. Bc they live with and/or love someone who does.

Bc they understand LC is real and they don’t want it.
October 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Simulation study on impact of drainage cannulas in #ECMO
🩸 current design? no-flow/stagnation areas, which may induce thrombosis, especially if EBF <2LPM
🩸 largest flow proportion drains through proximal holes
⚙️ new design improves pressure loss, but increases distal no-flow
🔓 rdcu.be/jMXLG1avSyoa
October 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM
There’s a space for Impella between death and ECMO.
October 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Acute Kidney Injury after initiating #ECMO in children? persistent AKI frequent and independently associated with major adverse kidney events at 30 days (MAKE30); no association if transient AKI
🖇️ bit.ly/4djcWN1
🫘 Coming with editorial: Do #AKI phenotypes MAKE a difference in #ECMO?
🖇️ bit.ly/3VwivBF
October 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I thought the ventilator had been replaced by ECMO when a patient is that close to suffocating from COVID. I guess some hospitals still do vents.
Must be a tough strain of COVID.
My best to Mr Munoz's friends and family.
"Jimmy Kimmel’s costume designer of 30 years dead at 60 after COVID ordeal, friend says"

"According to Dietl, Muñoz contracted an extremely serious case of COVID-19" and was placed in a coma and on a ventilator. He suffered ongoing health issues, but his official cause of death was not disclosed.
October 12, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Not-OP, Reanimation, hypoxischer Hirnschaden, schweres ARDS, 44 Tage Ecmo, das ganze Programm. Pat. hätte das alles gewollt. Wach aber nicht kontaktbar in die Reha verlegt, jetzt nach 6(!)Monaten wieder hier zur "Zweitmeinung" auf Drängen der Angehörigen weil keine Besserung eintritt.
October 6, 2026 at 8:59 AM
My friend Karen (a PICU EMT at the time, now a Respiratory Therapist) suggested ECMO as a medical procedure for us to use in Witch Doctor…
October 8, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Pulmonary arterial pressure in VA #ECMO for acute CS
🔍 ELSO Registry analysis
🖥️ invasive hemodynamic assessed at 24h
PAC alone not associated w lower mortality, but helped assess variables associated with lower mortality: higher PAD at 24h associated w graded increase in mortality.
🖇️ bit.ly/4hH8ysu
October 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
👋 #LIVES2026 starts today in Lisbon!

Pre-congress courses today & tomorrow — ventilation, echo, ECMO & more

Core congress Mon–Wed: debates, sessions, workshops

📍 Registration 09:00–18:30
📱 Get the #ESICM #LIVESApp for the full programme 👉 esicm.org/lives-2026-congress-app-now-ready-to-download/
October 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Pulmonary arterial pressure in VA #ECMO for patients with acute cardiogenic shock?
🔍 > 7.6K adults with CS from the ELSO Registry, 2015 - 2020; >3K managed with PACs
🖥️ Early on-support PAD potentially important hemodynamic marker during VA #ECLS.
🖇️ bit.ly/4hH8ysu
Pulmonary arterial pressure in VA #ECMO for acute CS
🔍 ELSO Registry analysis
🖥️ invasive hemodynamic assessed at 24h
PAC alone not associated w lower mortality, but helped assess variables associated with lower mortality: higher PAD at 24h associated w graded increase in mortality.
🖇️ bit.ly/4hH8ysu
October 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
🏅 The team led by Prof Sung-Min Cho & Prof Glenn Whitman at Johns Hopkins Hospital received the RH Bartlett Best Abstract Award at #ELSO2026, for their study on early hypocapnia burden and three-month cognitive impairment after #ECMO 🧠.
Read abstract on @asaiojournal.bsky.social at
📘 bit.ly/4yGdTYo
October 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
El Dr. Eduard Argudo es el protagonista del último episodio del Podcast Medicina Intensiva Joven. Analiza la situación del soporte ECMO en nuestro país, los desafíos y el papel principal del intensivista en su desarrollo. Puedes oírlo en Spotify o verlo en nuestra web.
🖥️ semicyuc.org/podcast/
October 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM