High Frequency of Organ Failures During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Is the Microcirculation the Answer?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 345-346

  Jung, Christian ^a   Figulla, Hans R ^a   Ferrari, Markus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROCIRCULATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION;

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 76449103815     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.08.022     Document Type: Letter

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