Use of Prone Position Ventilation (PPV) in Danish Patients With COVID-19 Induced Severe Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Treated With Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VV-ECMO)
Use of Prone Position Ventilation (PPV) in Danish Patients With COVID-19 Induced Severe Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Treated With Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VV-ECMO)
Prone position ventilation was used 220 times in 44 out of 68 patients with severe COVID-19 induced ARDS treated with VV-ECMO. PPV treated patients did not benefit from PPV and the incidence of PPV related adverse events was high
Purpose: To describe the use and effects of prone position ventilation (PPV) in patients with COVID-19 induced Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), treated with Veno-Venous Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO).
Methods: Nationwide retrospective analysis of all COVID-19 patients in Denmark from March 2020 - December 2021with severe ARDS and need of VV-ECMO treatment. Data on the number of patients treated with PPV, number of PPV-events, timing, the time spent in prone position, physiological response types, adverse events and outcomes are reported.
Inclusion Criteria: patients with COVID-19 induced severe ARDS accepted for and treated with VV-ECMO in Denmark
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Exclusion Criteria: