[ECMO and ARDS-therapy - an update].
The "Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" (ARDS) is a life threatening disease and is associated with a high mortality, mainly due to multi-organ failure. Invasive mechanical ventilation can worsen multi-organ failure which must be avoided. A tidal volume of 6 ml/kg bodyweight should be the aim. Extracorporeal lung assist devices like ECMO or iLA can contribute to lung-protective mechanical ventilation.
Möller
Thorsten
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Klinik für Anästhesie und Intensivtherapie, Universitätsklinika Giessen und Marburg, Standort Marburg. Thorsten.Moeller@med.uni-marburg.de
Vassiliou
Timon
T
Rolfes
Caroline
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Wulf
Hinnerk
H
D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*