Evaluating malnutrition in cancer patients in the emergency department.

Background: Malnutrition is an important contributing factor to mortality in cancer patients. Several scoring systems can be used to evaluate malnutrition in cancer patients. We hypothesized that one or more of these scoring systems should be used to assess malnutrition in emergency departments (EDs).

Emergency department extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may also include noncardiac arrest patients.

Background/aim: The primary purpose of this study is to report the experience on the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) process for patients in the critical care unit (CCU) of an emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Turkey, from cannulation to decannulation, including follow-up procedures.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective and observational study included eight patients who received ECMO from January 2018 to January 2020. We evaluated the demographics, indications for ECMO, laboratory values, Respiratory ECMO Survival Prediction, Survival After Veno-Arterial ECMO and ECMO net scores, the management process, and patient outcomes.