TY  - JOUR
TI  - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation 
experiences during COVID‑19 
pandemic, third wave with younger 
patients: A retrospective observational 
study
AB  - OBJECTIVES: In this article, the results of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) cases followed 
with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support in a 3‑month period in the third wave when 
there were an increased number of cases of young patients in our intensive care unit(ICU) were presented.
METHODS: The study was carried out with all COVID‑19 patients who were given ECMO support 
in our tertiary referral hospital ICU after obtaining the consent of the Ministry of Health Scientific 
Research Platform and after the approval of the local ethics committee. Patient data were obtained 
retrospectively from intensive care bedside follow‑up charts and computer records. The demographic 
and clinical characteristics of the patients were presented in average, median, and percentages. The 
data of the patients were evaluated and compared with the current literature.
RESULTS: ECMO treatment was applied in seven patients who were followed up with severe COVID‑19 
pneumonia in the last 3 months. Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV‑ECMO) 
was applied to all patients. Five (71.5%) of seven patients were weaned from ECMO. Four (57.2%) 
of seven patients were discharged from the ICU and hospital in good health. While two of the patients 
had a cesarean section (C/S) before ECMO, one patient underwent C/S under ECMO. All three 
newborns were delivered via C/S and all were premature (C/S dates were 35 weeks, 32 weeks, and 
27 weeks), and all were discharged from the hospital in good health.
CONCLUSION: Our experience shows that ECMO in COVID‑19 patients is a lifesaving treatment 
option that can be successfully applied in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome cases who do 
not respond to conventional treatments.
AU  - özdemir, ahmet coşkun
AU  - PEHLİVANLAR KÜÇÜK, Mehtap
AU  - KÜÇÜK, Ahmet Oğuzhan
AU  - Altun, Gökalp
AU  - AYÇIÇEK, OLCAY
DO  - 10.4103/2452-2473.336106
PY  - 2022
JO  - Turkish journal of emergency medicine (Online)
VL  - 22
IS  - 1
SN  - 2452-2473
SP  - 36
EP  - 28
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/534757
ER  -