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  • Title: Out-of-hospital extracorporeal life support for cardiac arrest-A case report.
    Author: Arlt M, Philipp A, Voelkel S, Graf BM, Schmid C, Hilker M.
    Journal: Resuscitation; 2011 Sep; 82(9):1243-5. PubMed ID: 21536364.
    Abstract:
    We report the use of out-of-hospital extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in cardiac arrest. We treated a 9-year-old girl with cardiac arrest after warm-water drowning with percutaneous venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) using a new portable Mini-ECMO system. A beating-heart circulation was reestablished on ECMO, but, unfortunately, our patient did not survive. This case shows that Mini-ECMO support can be used to restore an effective circulation and gas exchange in the out-of-hospital setting.
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