Position paper for the organization of ECMO programs for cardiac failure in adults

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 717-729

  Abrams, Darryl ^a   Garan, A Reshad ^b   Abdelbary, Akram ^c   Bacchetta, Matthew ^b   Bartlett, Robert H ^d   Beck, James ^b   Belohlavek, Jan ^e   Chen, Yih Sharng ^f   Fan, Eddy ^g,h   Ferguson, Niall D ^g,h   Fowles, Jo anne ⁱ   Fraser, John ^j   Gong, Michelle ^k   Hassan, Ibrahim F ^l   Hodgson, Carol ^m,n   Hou, Xiaotong ^o   Hryniewicz, Katarzyna ^p   Ichiba, Shingo ^q   Jakobleff, William A ^r   Lorusso, Roberto ^s   MacLaren, Graeme ^t,u   McGuinness, Shay ^m,v,w   Mueller, Thomas ^x   Park, Pauline K ^d   Peek, Giles ^r   Pellegrino, Vin ⁿ   Price, Susanna ^y   Rosenzweig, Erika B ^b   Sakamoto, Tetsuya ^z   Salazar, Leonardo ^aa   Schmidt, Matthieu ^ab,ac   Slutsky, Arthur S ^g,ad   Spaulding, Christian ^ae   Takayama, Hiroo ^b   Takeda, Koji ^b   Vuylsteke, Alain ⁱ   Combes, Alain ^ab,ac   Brodie, Daniel ^a   more..

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/NewYork Presbyterian Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^m MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^p MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^q NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^r ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^t NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^u ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^v AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^w MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

^x UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^y ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^z TEIKYO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^aa FUNDACIÓN CARDIOVASCULAR DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^ab ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^ac SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^ad ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ae HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

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Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiac failure; Critical care networks; Extracorporeal life support; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Hospital organization; Mechanical circulatory support; Position article

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART CENTER; HEART FAILURE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC;

EID: 85042090080     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-018-5064-5     Document Type: Article

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