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SUBMITTER: Kim WY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609526 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Won Young WY Park SeungYong S Kim Hwa Jung HJ Baek Moon Seong MS Chung Chi Ryang CR Park So Hee SH Kang Byung Ju BJ Oh Jin Young JY Cho Woo Hyun WH Sim Yun Su YS Cho Young Jae YJ Park Sunghoon S Kim Jung Hyun JH Hong Sang Bum SB
Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases 20190228 3
<h4>Background</h4>Beyond its current function as a rescue therapy in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be applied in ARDS patients with less severe hypoxemia to facilitate lung protective ventilation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of extended ECMO use in ARDS patients.<h4>Methods</h4>This study reviewed 223 adult patients who had been admitted to the intensive care units of 11 hospitals in Korea and subsequently t ...[more]