Abstract
There are over 400,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) in the United States annually. Of those, 50% are refractory cardiac arrest, defined as the lack of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after 30 minutes of appropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the absence of hypothermia. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) has been increasingly used given its potential to improve survival and offer improved neurological outcomes.
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Mooney, Michael
(2022)
"Should All Shock Centers Offer ECPR? Balancing Futility, Cost Effectiveness, and Hope,"
Journal of Shock and Hemodynamics: Vol. 1(1)
:e20221111
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57905/josh/e20221111
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/josh/vol1/iss1/11