Do you continue to prone patients with severe ARDS after initiation of VV-ECMO?
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Pulmonology · UC San Diego Health
Not routinely - although we have occasionally proned VV ECMO patients at our center. Reasons for not proning include:
- Cannula dislodgement/displacement risk (although Roca et al, PMID 34461971 reviews the literature on proning with VV ECMO and the risk of major line complications is small).
- Generall...