title: Update on the role of extracorporeal CO₂ removal as an adjunct to mechanical ventilation in ARDS.
abstract: This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015 and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/annualupdate2015. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medical and Coronary Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium. ph.morimont@chu.ulg.ac.be.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morimont
authors.affiliation: Fort Sam Houston, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute, San Antonio, USA. andriy.batchinsky.i.vol@mail.mil.
authors.forename: Andriy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Batchinsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medical and Coronary Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium. b.lambermont@chu.ulg.ac.be.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lambermont
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003422:Critical Care; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide