Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (TSCVS) Proposal for use of ECMO in respiratory and circulatory failure in COVID-19 pandemic era

A. Rüçhan Akar

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2020.09293

A. Rüçhan Akar¹, Serkan Ertugay², Ümit Kervan³, M. Bahadır İnan¹, Murat Sargın⁴, Çağatay Engin², M. Ali Özatik³

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
³Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
⁴Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2020.09293

The document is prepared to guide the members of the The Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (TSCVS) and other extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) centers worldwide to share experiences in using ECMO in COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords : Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, pandemics, respiratory distress syndrome, shock

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