Publications by authors named "Luis Linhares Santos"
Background: Obesity causes significant difficulties in successful extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support and may interfere with patient outcomes. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we experienced an increased number of obese patients supported with ECMO in our intensive care unit due to severe illness in this population.
Methods: We designed a single-center retrospective study to identify prognostic factors for 180-day survival in obese critical COVID-19 patients receiving venovenous ECMO (VV-ECMO).