title: Extremely obese patients treated with venovenous ECMO--an intensivist's challenge.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Trauma Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: christopher.ull@bergmannsheil.de.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ull
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: dirk.buchwald@bergmannsheild.de.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buchwald
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: justus.strauch@bergmannsheil.de.
authors.forename: Justus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strauch
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Trauma Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: chirurgie@bergmannsheil.de.
authors.forename: Thomas Armin
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Schildhauer
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Trauma Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: justyna.swol@bergmannsheil.de.
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*