Treatment of Refractory Cardiac Arrest by Controlled Reperfusion of the Whole Body

This multicenter, prospective, all-comers observational study has provided preliminary data on a new approach to treat patients with prolonged refractory CA and CCPR by applying an advanced extracorporeal perfusion circuit,... read more

ECPR for Hypothermic Refractory Cardiac Arrests in Temperate Climates

ECPR for Hypothermic Refractory Cardiac Arrests in Temperate Climates

Accidental hypothermia designates an unintentional drop in body temperature below 35 °C. There is a major risk of ventricular fibrillation below 28 °C and cardiac arrest is almost inevitable below 24 °C. In such cases,... read more

ECPR in 2023

ECPR in 2023

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is invasive and resource intense. Data suggesting a survival benefit in patients after OHCA and ECPR derive from retrospective registries and meta-analyses. In order to... read more

Feasibility of HEMS Performed Prehospital E-CPR in Pediatric Cardiac Arrests

Feasibility of HEMS Performed Prehospital E-CPR in Pediatric Cardiac Arrests

This case-series shows that a properly trained regular Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) crew of only two health care professionals (doctor and flight nurse) can establish Extracorporeal-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation... read more

ECMO Retrieval Program Foundation

ECMO Retrieval Program Foundation

This book should represent a guideline for launching an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program. It describes in detail particularities and special features of planning, setting up, developing, structuring and... read more

Improving Access to ECMO for OHCA

Improving Access to ECMO for OHCA

Mobile teams using transport accessibility frameworks and principles can significantly improve patient access for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) compared to in-hospital extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation... read more

Expert Consensus on PeRcutaneous Cannulation for ECPR

Expert Consensus on PeRcutaneous Cannulation for ECPR

We present inclusion and exclusion criteria and a comprehensive, detailed, generalizable list of best practices for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) initiation following refractory out-of-hospital cardiac... read more

Effect of Intra-arrest Transport, ECPR, and Treatment on Functional Neurologic Outcome

Effect of Intra-arrest Transport, ECPR, and Treatment on Functional Neurologic Outcome

Among patients with refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the bundle of early intra-arrest transport, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), and invasive assessment and treatment did not significantly improve... read more

Resuscitation Using ECPR During In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Mortality Prediction Score

Resuscitation Using ECPR During In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Mortality Prediction Score

The RESCUE-IHCA score can be used by clinicians in real time to predict in-hospital death among patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) who are treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). A... read more

Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) in Adults

Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) in Adults

Rates of survival with functional recovery for both in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are notably low. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is emerging as a modality to improve prognosis by augmenting... read more

A New Acronym to Select Eligible Patients for ECPR

A New Acronym to Select Eligible Patients for ECPR

Rhythm check three - A2BCDE3! - A new acronym to select eligible patients for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) is an ultra-invasive approach for the... read more

Neurological Outcomes in Patients with OHCA who received ECPR

Neurological Outcomes in Patients with OHCA who received ECPR

Little is known about the difference in outcomes between young and old patients who received extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Therefore, we aimed to investigate... read more

Should We Prolong the Observation Period for Neurological Recovery After Cardiac Arrest?

Should We Prolong the Observation Period for Neurological Recovery After Cardiac Arrest?

Up to 9.6% of cardiac arrest patients with favorable outcomes recover consciousness after the recommended 7 days of observation, indicating the observation time of 7 days seems justified but longer duration may be needed.... read more