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hlthe2b

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1. ECMO is NOT new. Used for other forms of ARDS and similar, including that caused

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Sat Apr 25, 2020, 12:26 PM

Apr 2020

by Hantavirus (HPS), other infectious agents and even ARDS secondary to the most severe forms of pancreatitis.

Not widely used for COVID-19 as of yet because it is EXTREMELY labor, staff and equipment/resource-intensive and can potentially spread virus like few other procedures to attendant HCWs. Not to mention the need for anti-coagulation to use it and the fact that considerable COVID-19 patients have coagulopathies to begin with.

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ECMO is NOT new. Used for other forms of ARDS and similar, including that caused hlthe2b Apr 2020 #1