ECMO patients overestimated

Andrew Davies; Colin McArthur; Ian M Seppelt; Steven Webb

doi:10.1136/bmj.c6847

ECMO patients overestimated

Andrew Davies, Colin McArthur, Ian M Seppelt, Steven Webb

Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Alfred Hospital

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Although acute respiratory distress syndrome from H1N1 influenza A has been a serious problem in the past 18 months, particularly in our region of the world, we wish to correct the assertion that as many as a third of patients admitted to intensive care with severe respiratory failure will need ECMO.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1178 - 1179
Number of pages	2
Journal	The BMJ
Volume	341
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c6847
Publication status	Published - 2010

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ECMO patients overestimated

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