ECMO

Question 1

2 New studies to assess ECMO

Answer 1

1. The EOLI trial (ECMO to Rescue Lung Injury in Severe ARDS)
2. The SUPERNOVA trial (A Strategy of UltraProtective Lung Ventilation with Extracorporeal CO2 Removal for New-Onset Moderate to Severe ARDS)

Question 2

HFOV Trial Results

Answer 2

In 2013, a study was stopped early given increased mortality in the group randomly assigned to high-frequency oscillation ventilation compared with mortality in patients assigned to usual care