Extracorporeal gas exchange for acute respiratory failure in adult patients: a systematic review

Matthieu Schmidt (1) , Carol Hodgson (2) , Alain Combes (1)

1 ICAN - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, du Métabolisme et de la Nutrition = Research Unit on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases
2 The Australian & New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre and the Intensive Care Department, Alfred Hospital

Mechanical ventilation remains the cornerstone of respiratory support for patients with acute respiratory failure. However, high pressure and volume associated with tidal ventilation are known to aggravate lung injury in this setting [...]

Domaines: Médecine humaine et pathologie

Matthieu Schmidt, Carol Hodgson, Alain Combes. Extracorporeal gas exchange for acute respiratory failure in adult patients: a systematic review. Critical Care, 2015, 19, pp.99. ⟨10.1186/s13054-015-0806-z⟩. ⟨hal-01261695⟩