Abstract
Patient candidates to lung transplant could die awaiting organ allocation due to the worsening of their end-stage respiratory failure. In recent years, the outcome improvement after lung transplant, a more accurate patient selection and the technological development of simpler and safer extracorporeal systems, has made the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as bridge to lung transplant possible in the critically ill patients. The correct choice of the extracorporeal configuration in function to the pathophysiologic characteristics of the end-stage respiratory failure permits performing lung transplants, even in more severe patients, decreasing perioperative morbidity and mortality.
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Crotti, S., Lissoni, A. (2014). ECMO as a Bridge to Lung Transplant. In: Sangalli, F., Patroniti, N., Pesenti, A. (eds) ECMO-Extracorporeal Life Support in Adults. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5427-1_25
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