Higher volumes, better outcomes: The end or just the beginning of the story for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 864-866

  Fan, Eddy ^a,b   Brodie, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FEMALE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; MALE; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84927785590     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201503-0459ED     Document Type: Editorial

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