title: Current Applications for the Use of Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal in Critically Ill Patients.
abstract: Mechanical ventilation in patients with respiratory failure has been associated with secondary lung injury, termed ventilator-induced lung injury. Extracorporeal venovenous carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) appears to be a feasible means to facilitate more protective mechanical ventilation or potentially avoid mechanical ventilation in select patient groups. With this expanding role of ECCO2R, we aim to describe the technology and the main indications of ECCO2R.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, 1st Floor East Wing, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Camporota
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, 1st Floor East Wing, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood*; D016638:Critical Illness; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide