Our data suggests that ambulatory veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) patients may tolerate less than ICU level of care and may even progress to outpatient management as ECMO technology continues to advance.

We sought to evaluate the feasibility of managing these ambulatory VV-ECMO patients in a non-ICU setting by conducting a single-center, retrospective cohort study to characterize the daily data collection (i.e., CXRs, blood draws, etc.) and ICU and ECMO interventions and events (i.e., oxygenator/cannula exchange, sweep or flow adjustments, etc.).

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