ECMO in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze the survival rates of patients with COVID-19 supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and compare the survival rates of patients with COVID-19 supported with ECMO to patients with influenza supported with ECMO.

Design

A systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the impact of ECMO as supportive therapy of COVID-19.

Setting

The authors performed a search through the Cochrane, EMBASE, and MEDLINE/PubMed databases from inception to February 19, 2021, for studies reporting hospitalized patients with COVID-19 managed with ECMO.

Participants

A total of 134 studies were selected, including 6 eligible for the comparative meta-analysis of COVID-19 versus influenza.

Interventions

The authors pooled the risk ratio and random

SUBMITTER: Bertini P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8585556 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature