Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pandemic flu: Insufficient evidence or worth the effort?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1484-1485

  Dalton, Heidi J ^a   MacLaren, Graeme ^b,c  

^a PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adult; ARDS; Cardiopulmonary bypass; ECLS; ECMO; H1N1; Influenza; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953063833     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e08fff     Document Type: Editorial

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