International registry shows mortality after ECMO for patients with COVID-19 worsened during 2020.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19: evolving outcomes from the international Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry – The Lancet

Commentaries:

ECMO in COVID-19: do not blame the tool – The Lancet

ECMO life support offers sickest COVID-19 patients a chance to survive, but a slimmer one than once thought – Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

New study indicates mortality after ECMO for patients with #COVID19 worsened during 2020, and duration of ECMO support increased.

Continued surveillance of ECMO outcomes in #COVID19 is needed, authors suggest: https://t.co/9Yq7lYkVIC

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— The Lancet (@TheLancet) September 30, 2021