@article{JTD24506,
author = {Gennaro Martucci and Giovanna Panarello and Giovanna Occhipinti and Giuseppe Raffa and Fabio Tuzzolino and Guido Capitanio and Tiziana Carollo and Giovanni Lino and Alessandro Bertani and Patrizio Vitulo and Michele Pilato and Roberto Lorusso and Antonio Arcadipane},
title = {Impact of cannula design on packed red blood cell transfusions: technical advancement to improve outcomes in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {10},
number = {10},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: Technological improvement has contributed to making veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) safer and easier, spreading its use in acute respiratory failure (ARF).
Methods: This is a retrospective observational study carried out in the ECMO center at IRCCS-ISMETT, a medical center focused on end-stage organ failure treatment in Italy. We investigated the effect of different cannula designs on the amount of blood product transfused. Eighty-nine consecutive patients affected with ARF on VV-ECMO from 2008 to 2016 were compared according to type of cannulation: older percutaneous cannula (Standard group, 52 patients) and HLS© BIOLINE-coated, but with shorter drainage cannula (BIOLINE group, 37 patients).
Results: The two study groups were comparable in terms of baseline characteristics [age, body mass index (BMI), Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS-II), Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), Predicting Death For Severe ARDS on VV-ECMO (PRESERVE) score] and ECMO management [median hematocrit (Htc), platelet nadir, antithrombin III (AT III), heparin, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)]. In the BIOLINE group, a lower amount of packed red blood cells (pRBC) was transfused considering both total number [4 units, interquartile range (IQR) 1–9 vs. 12 units, IQR 5.5–21; P},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/24506}
}