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In this episode, Dr. Zanotti is joined by Dr. Craig Rackley to discuss the role of ECMO – extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in supporting patients with acute respiratory failure. Dr. Rackley is a practicing pulmonary critical care physician and an associate professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. He is the medical director of Adult ECMO in the Duke Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Rackley is also a recognized clinician, educator, and researcher interested in respiratory failure, ARDS, and ECMO.
Additional Resources
Efficacy and economic assessment of conventional ventilatory support versus extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe adult respiratory failure (CESAR): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. The CESAR Trial. Lancet 2009: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19762075/
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. The EOLIA Trial. N Eng J of Med 2018: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1800385
Bertini P, Guarracino F, Falcone M, et al. ECMO in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2022: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34906383/
Books mentioned in this episode
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage. By Alfred Lansing: https://bit.ly/43g71C1
South!: The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917. By Ernest Shackleton: https://bit.ly/49NyJbU
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