The The ISHLT infection definitions for #MCS... appropriate for #ECMO?? Be cautious & consider: 🍄 most common fungi that cause BSIs in #ECLS are Candida species, which grow readily in most culture systems; if no risk of disseminated endemic fungal infections only obtain

Consumptive coagulopathy on #ECMO: 🔎 close monitoring & follow up pivotal ⛔️ giving platelets/factors to fix numbers often worsens underlying process 🩸low doses of anticoagulants may protect both circuit (vs thrombotic complications) & patient (vs bleeding & thrombosis)

🙌 Intensive Care Medicine has achieved an outstanding Impact Factor of 27.1 for the year 2023! Big thanks to the team of Editors, Reviewers & Authors who made this possible & the readers for taking the Journal to new heights! Full message by Editor-in-Chief Giuseppe Citerio 👇 loom.ly/2fpCieg

Mr Owolade is one of the most perceptive and eloquent of today’s journalists Tomiwa Owolade thetimes.com/article/2daed8…

📢 The June 2024 ELSO newsletter 🖋️ ELSO President Graeme MacLaren - memories from #EuroELSO2024 Krakow, Poland Bedside w Bartlett: why gas blender in sweep gas? #ELSO2024 Detroit, MI 9/28 - 10/1/24ELSO 35th Anniversary Ann Arbor, MI 10/2/24 🔗 bit.ly/2IR8RCl

Please check out ELSO June Newsletter - important opening from Graeme MacLaren and new sections, including Member Spotlight: Jenelle Badulak

Very impressed with new The ISHLT definitions for infections in Durable and Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices. New commentary to use caution ⚠️ when applying these definitions in ECMO published in JHLT authors.elsevier.com/a/1jMv33lUpLdi… Graeme MacLaren #ECMOID

🩸Blood transfusion during #ECMO, ELSO - Extracorporeal Life Support Organization position statement: selected patients may warrant pRBC transfusion to above levels generally accepted in critically ill patients #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo on asaiojournal 🔓 bit.ly/4bP5tSm

🗺️ Join #ELSO2024 Annual ELSO Conference in Detroit, MI​! Like-minded professionals from around the world will come together to discuss/share insights on #ECMO, connect with international experts & contribute to advance #ECLS care Register now to attend 🖇️ bit.ly/ELSO2024

Such a privilege to have Dr Sorce Lauren R. Sorce, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, FAAN, FCCM, Dr Jayashree Jayashree and Dr MacLaren Graeme MacLaren speak on sepsis - the new Phoenix criteria, sepsis in LMIC and ECMO in sepsis - a rare panel. #apics2024 - where the #pedsicu world meets!

#Immunomodulators in #COVID-19 #ECMO: 🫂 #ELSO registry study of 7,181 patients ❌ Steroids a/w mortality, ✅ other immunomodulators without steroids a/w survival 🤔 Selection bias over #pandemic for steroid-resistant patients? #FOAMed annalsofintensivecare.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…

Immunomodulators in #COVID19 pts receiving #ECMO, analysis of ELSO Registry 🔍>7K pts, immunomodulators in >6K 🪦associated with significantly ⬆️ mortality (particularly steroids) + ⬆️🧫 infections ⏱️longer runs if steroids w/wo other immunomodulators 🔓 bit.ly/4dwiiT3

O2 in VA #ECMO EXCEL registry-embedded 🇦🇺 BLENDER 🎯conservative vs liberal O2 strategy 🔍 300 pts 🔎 conservative: similar short & long-term outcomes vs liberal ⚠️ conservative: NO more major hypoxic complications, more protocol deviations 🔓rdcu.be/dRwvq

Plenary session of #ELSO2024 🔮ELSO: our past, present, future Christine Stead 💡Change my mind sNO to Circuit Giles Peek cannulate vein or artery first? I Chavez H as anti-inflammatory in #ARDS/#ECMO - J Fraser to pulse or not… S Keller 📎bit.ly/ELSO2024

MDR Gram - bacteria on VV #ECMO, RANGER STUDY 🧫 overall isolation 50%: 21% detected pre, 29% post initiation 🪦17 mortality 42%, higher if isolation before ECMO 🏥 larger annual hospital volume? lower probability of acquiring on ECMO #FOAMcc Critical Care 🔓rdcu.be/dScaF

📢 August 2024 ELSO newsletter 🖋️ Message from President 🛏 Bedside with Dr Bartlett & Giles Peek: decreasing SO2 on VV... what's happening? 📢 Updates on #ELSO2024 🎓 ELSO Academy: #ECMO courses 🌏 updates from ELSO Chapters 🖋️ CEO remarks & more! 🔗 bit.ly/2IR8RCl

Nosocomial Infections in Adults Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Review for Infectious Diseases Clinicians bit.ly/3X0rgRG

I wonder if Marc-André Hamelin could be persuaded to release another Liszt recording, eg Scherzo & March and Tannhäuser overture. I’d pay top dollar to hear that Hyperion Records Ltd

Definition, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of nosocomial infections in adult & pediatric patients on #ECMO. We'll explore the details of this complex clinical scenario at #ELSO2024. Honored to moderate, together with Graeme MacLaren, a panel of leading experts.

We are investigating the knowledge, attitude and practice of ECMO healthcare workers towards acquired infections on ECMO. Please participate in this 10 min survey: survey.porsline.ir/s/EKrMxXGN