#FOAMecmo
📢 The 3 SWAAC ELSO 2026 research webinar sessions are now available to watch on demand! What you'll take??
🎥 1️⃣ Foundations of #ECLS research & epidemiology
🎥 2️⃣ ELSO Registry: structure, access, research use
🎥 3️⃣ ECLS Research in low-and middle-income countries
Open #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🖇️ bit.ly/4rv2bx4
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM
VA #ECMO... a better pressor?? Any thought on this case report? What would have been your approach? Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 bit.ly/3Hi7DAp
🩸 Use of dual VA #ECLS in refractory vasoplegic shock to restore adequate MAP, facilitating weaning of conventional vasopressors, normalization of lactates, improvement in tissue perfusion. Double fem/fem+ jug/fem VA + CRRT/ hemadsorption allowed to achieve combined EBF of 9.7 L/min
🔓 bit.ly/3Hi7DAp
June 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The ASAIO Journal Supplement including all the abstracts accepted for #ELSO2025, the 36th Annual Conference of the ELSO - Extracorporeal Life Support Organization is now available! Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
📖 bit.ly/ELSO2025Asaio
September 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The @theelso.bsky.social guideline for early rehabilitation or mobilization of adults on #ECMO
🚧 rationale & barriers
✅ checklist & ⛔️ emergency stop protocol
🔗 interprofessional team
💪🏼 rehabilitation or mobilization
🏫 staff training & clinical governance
#FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 bit.ly/40VDU7w
January 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Antimicrobial pharmacokinetics and stewardship in critically Ill adult patients receiving #ECMO: challenges, evidence, and future directions
Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 bit.ly/45vjrbt
Antimicrobial in critically Ill adult patients receiving #ECMO: challenges, evidence, and future directions
💉 PK/PD concepts & considerations
🧫 antibacterials
🍄 antifungals
🦠 antivirals
🩺 management recommendations: dose optimization, challenges/recommendations, ABT stewardship
🔓 bit.ly/45vjrbt
December 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Infectious complications & infections control/prevention strategies in adult and pediatric patients on #ECMO support: a review
🚧 risk factors
🔍 pathophysiology
🧫 diagnosis
🩺 infection control & treatment on #ECLS
From Perfusion Journal #EuroELSO2025 Special Issue
#FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 bit.ly/455QyTW
May 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Left ventricular recovery during VA #ECMO?
🫀 proposal of modified cardiac power output incorporating Pulse Pressure vs MAP, to avoid poor or absent pulsatility and/or ineffective unloading biasing its interpretation in reflecting the efficacy of organ perfusion
#FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 rdcu.be/eVDKb
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
ECMO for pregnant & peripartum patient, practical review of indications, unique management considerations, approach framework
Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 bit.ly/41b0xnj
#ECMO for pregnant & peripartum pt
🩺 physiological/anatomical considerations: cv, respiratory, renal, hematologic
🚦 indications for VV & VA
🩸 cannulation
🚧 delivery: indications, perimortem CS, complications
🥚 fetal considerations
⚖️ ethics
🩸 decannulation
🚑 approach for referral
🔓 bit.ly/41b0xnj
February 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🎥 PS The first EuroELSO NRP webinar, as all previous EuroELSO webinars are available on demand, free open access enjoy!
🔓 bit.ly/EuroELSOyout...
#EuroELSOwebinar #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
March 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And is not only a 🍄 Fungi issue...
🧫 All that glitters is not gold!! an unusual presentation of S. aureus #sepsis during VV #ECMO: multiple & coalescent round formations appearing through venous side of this membrane lung
#FOAMcc #FOAMecmo @intenscaremed.bsky.social
🔓 rdcu.be/cEx7H
August 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Frailty was not associated with short or long-term mortality among #ECMO patients: a reflection of eligibility patterns (selection practices + candidacy)? @anzics.bsky.social
Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 rdcu.be/eWWRx
Frailty & outcomes after #ECMO
🔍 cohort study across 116 ICUs from the Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿
🔎 > 2K pts included (2018-2024); frailty present in 12.2% patients
🪦 adjusted 1y mortality 41.9% w/o frailty, 42.1% w frailty; results consistent across sensitivity/subgroup analyses
🔓 rdcu.be/eWWRx
December 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
📢 ECMO and infectious disease: an interdependent relationship, EuroELSO & @escmid.bsky.social webinar
Register NOW
🖋 www.euroelso.net/webinars/
🎥 PS All previous EuroELSO webinars are available on demand, free open access enjoy!
🔓 bit.ly/EuroELSOyout...
#EuroELSOwebinar #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
📢 ECMO & infectious disease: interdependent relationship
EuroELSO & @escmid.bsky.social webinar
🗓️ Sep 5, 13:30 CEST
🧫 nosocomial infections in #ECMO: device attribution & ABTs
🧫 #ECLS in septic shock
🖋 www.euroelso.net/webinars/
🎥 Previous webinars: 🔓 bit.ly/EuroELSOyout...
Pic 📘 bit.ly/3HqMoKJ
August 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
SAVECMO study, consensus of international experts on key aspects of cannula-site infections complicating peripheral #ECMO
#FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔗 rdcu.be/eZd0g
SAVECMO study, consensus on key aspects of cannula-site infections in peripheral #ECMO:
🔍 Delphi study involving 39 international #ECLS experts
definition
🩺 suspicion & methodology for diagnosis
🧫 bacteriology
💉 treatment & treatment failure
⚠️ preventive measures
#FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔗 rdcu.be/eZd0g
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Optimal #PEEP & recruitment-to-in patients with severe #ARDS on VV #ECMO
🫁 R/I ratio > 0.34 may help identify patients likely to benefit from further individualized PEEP optimization using EIT
🫁 R/I ratio ≤ 0.34? moderate PEEP (8-10 cmH₂O) may suffice
Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 rdcu.be/emH1e
May 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Optimal #PEEP & recruitment-to-in patients with severe #ARDS undergoing ultra‑protective lung ventilation during VV #ECMO?
🫁 R/I ratio feasible, providing valuable indications for guiding PEEP titration
Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 rdcu.be/emH1e
Optimal #PEEP & recruitment-to-in patients with severe #ARDS on VV #ECMO
🫁 R/I ratio > 0.34 may help identify patients likely to benefit from further individualized PEEP optimization using EIT
🫁 R/I ratio ≤ 0.34? moderate PEEP (8-10 cmH₂O) may suffice
Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 rdcu.be/emH1e
May 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hugh Burrill, one of our prehospital ECPR survivors, and his wife Meridee shared their experience at the recent CARDIAC symposium. You can watch the video here: intensiveblog.com/surviving-an...

It is a rare and valuable insight into the patient experience. #foamed #foamecmo #foamcc
intensiveblog.com
June 5, 2026 at 3:55 AM
🩸Association observed between target PTT & hemorrhagic complications, with risk higher when maintaining PTT values greater than 70" in adults on #ECMO. Lower PTT targets may reduce hemorrhages without increasing risk of thrombotic complications.
#FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 bit.ly/4hlO2vj
March 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Sacha Richardson -prehospital ECMO lead at the Alfred Hospital - discusses the rationale for prehospital ECPR at the CARDIAC symposium 2026 #foamed #foamcc #foamecmo intensiveblog.com/prehospital-...
Prehospital ECPR - do we need it? - INTENSIVE
intensiveblog.com
June 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
🎥 PS All previous EuroELSO webinars are available on demand, free open access enjoy!
🔓 bit.ly/EuroELSOyout...
#EuroELSOwebinar #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
Background image: Hogan et al. ASAIO Journal
📘 bit.ly/3HqMoKJ
September 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
CI, SvO2 & pCO2 in #ECMO for cardiogenic shock?
The presence of any of these criteria:
🫀 low cardiac index
🫁 high PCO2 gap
🩸 low SvO2
may indicate poor prognosis with conservative therapy & substantial mortality benefit from mechanical circulatory support. #MCS #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 rdcu.be/ewxc9
CI, SvO2 & pCO2 in #ECMO for cardiogenic shock?
🔍 post-hoc analysis of ECMO-CS multicenter, randomized trial: immediate #ECLS initiation vs early conservative strategy in cardiogenic shock
Measurement of these parameters could improve CS management. Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 rdcu.be/ewxc9
July 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🎥 Recordings of the #EuroELSOwebinar #ECMO support in Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome is now available free open access on YouTube channel! #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🩺 the case for ECMO: why disease deserves extracorporeal rescue??
🚑 pragmatic criteria for #ECLS activation?
🔓 bit.ly/EuroELSOyout...
May 21, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Ventricular arrhythmia ablation timing & outcomes in electrical storm requiring VA #ECMO support: STORM-ECMO study
🫀Findings (hypothesis-generating) suggest that timely substrate control during the initial phase of MCS may facilitate myocardial recovery. Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 rdcu.be/e92he
Ventricular arrhythmia & VA #ECMO: STORM-ECMO study
🇫🇷 French multicenter study
🫀 ablation associated with higher ECMO weaning success, particularly if performed within early days after cannulation
⚖️ benefit greatest if ablation performed within first days of support
🔓 rdcu.be/e92he
March 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
🎥 Recordings of the webinar; ELSO Registry Development Committee Q&A session #2️⃣ is now available on our YouTube channel! #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
❓ Entering data to the Registry
❓ Data Definitions
🛟 Registry support
🔮 Future updates
☎️ Connecting with Registry Development Committee
🔓 youtu.be/qoELY5ofrOk
May 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
SAVECMO study, consensus on key aspects of cannula-site infections in peripheral #ECMO:
🔍 Delphi study involving 39 international #ECLS experts
definition
🩺 suspicion & methodology for diagnosis
🧫 bacteriology
💉 treatment & treatment failure
⚠️ preventive measures
#FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔗 rdcu.be/eZd0g
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
WEAN #ECMO survey 3/3
⛔️ perceived weaning failure mostly reflects persistent gas-exchange impairment, respiratory distress, or clinical instability
Standardization may improve comparability across centers and support future recommendations
#FOAMcc #FOAMecmo @intenscaremed.bsky.social
🔓 rdcu.be/eVTEY
Weaning practices from veno-venous ECMO: the international ESICM-endorsed WEAN-ECMO survey
rdcu.be
December 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM