Journal of Clinical Medicine • Vol 12 • No 15
Impact of a VA–ECMO in Combination with an Extracorporeal Cytokine Hemadsorption System in Critically Ill Patients with Cardiogenic Shock–Design and Rationale of the ECMOsorb Trial
July 2023 • Franz Haertel, Thomas Lehmann, Tabitha Heller, Michael Fritzenwanger, Ruediger Pfeifer, Daniel Kretzschmar, Sylvia Otto, Jürgen Bogoviku, Julian West…
Background: Cardiogenic shock and arrest present as critical, life-threatening emergencies characterized by severely compromised tissue perfusion and inadequate oxygen supply. Veno–arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA–ECMO) serves as a mechanical support system for patients suffering shock refractory to conventional resuscitation. Despite the utilization of VA–ECMO, clinical deterioration due to systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) resulting from the underlying shock and exposure of blood cel…