Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use in patients with traumatic brain injury

M Biscotti; W D Gannon; D Abrams; C Agerstrand; J Claassen; D Brodie; M Bacchetta

doi:10.1177/0267659114554327

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use in patients with traumatic brain injury

Perfusion. 2015 Jul;30(5):407-9. doi: 10.1177/0267659114554327. Epub 2014 Oct 13.

Authors

M Biscotti¹, W D Gannon², D Abrams², C Agerstrand², J Claassen³, D Brodie², M Bacchetta⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
² Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine,Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA mb781@columbia.edu.

PMID: 25313096
DOI: 10.1177/0267659114554327

Abstract

Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is used for patients with severe, potentially reversible, respiratory failure unresponsive to conventional management. It is relatively contraindicated in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to bleeding complications and use of anticoagulation. We report two cases of TBI patients treated with ECMO.

Keywords: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ECMO; TBI; acute respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS; traumatic brain injury.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Anticoagulants / administration & dosage*
Brain Hemorrhage, Traumatic / diagnostic imaging
Brain Hemorrhage, Traumatic / physiopathology
Brain Hemorrhage, Traumatic / therapy*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Humans
Male
Radiography

Substances

Anticoagulants