Impact of a clinical decision protocol on survival and neurological outcome following extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Implementing a clinical ECPR protocol in our institutional practice improved meaningful survival in patients with refractory IHCA and OHCA fulfilling four predefined criteria including an age < 70 years, a shockable rhythm, a no-flow < 5 min, and a low-flow < 80 min.
Authors
- Baudouin Bourlond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9340-2521)
- Valentina Rancati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6313-1185)
- Marco Rusca
- Jean Bonnemain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7573-4306)
- Lucas Liaudet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2670-4930)
- Patrick Yerly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8163-722X)
- Anna Nowacka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6260-1635)
- Lars Niclauss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4453-5202)
- Pierre‐Nicolas Carron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6362-1275)
- Filip Dulguerov
- Zied Ltaief
- Nawfel Ben-Hamouda
- Matthias Kirsch
Institutions
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Intensive Care
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40560-026-00874-7
- Primary Topic
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00