Publications by authors named "Mathilde Delage"
Article Synopsis
- Patients on veno-arterial ECMO are at a high risk for upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), which can lead to significant complications and healthcare resource use.
- In a study involving 150 V-A ECMO patients from 2013 to 2017, UGIB was found in 10.7% of cases, typically occurring about 10 days after the start of ECMO.
- A history of peptic ulcers was identified as the only independent risk factor for UGIB, highlighting the need for further investigation into preventive measures and treatments in this patient population.
With the massive influx of patients during COVID-19 pandemic into intensive care unit, resources have quickly been stretched to the limit, including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Gas blender attached to ECMO is used to allow precise adjustment of characteristics of fresh gas flow, that is, blood oxygen delivery and carbon dioxide removal. To cope with the gas blender shortage, we describe a back-up system set up in our French tertiary referral ECMO center using air and oxygen flowmeters.
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