In this episode of The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Subhasis Chatterjee, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas, USA, spoke with J. W. Awori Hayanga, Professor of Surgery at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA, and Nicholas Teman, an Associate Professor of Surgery from the University of Colorado Anschutz, Boulder, Colorado, USA, about extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
They explore the evolution of ECMO and its application for bridge-to-transplant and acute respiratory distress syndrome patients. The discussion examines criteria for ECMO candidacy and predicting which patients may need ECMO, cannulation, and body mass index (BMI). Furthermore, they detail strategies for sedation de-escalation, safe patient mobilization protocols, and best practices for center implementing ECMO mobilization. The conversation also addresses veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) and preserving mobilization for VA-ECMO patients.
The Cardiac Recovery Room is the place to hear the conversations colleagues are having after the meetings. Each month, a new episode featuring a leadership panel from the ERAS Cardiac Society is released.
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