Neurologic Injury in Patients With COVID-19 Who Receive VV-ECMO Therapy: A Cohort Study (Letter)
Author(s)
Kannapadi, Nivedha V
Jami, Meghana
Premraj, Lavienraj
Etchill, Eric W
Giuliano, Katherine
Bush, Errol L
Kim, Bo Soo
Seal, Stella
Whitman, Glenn
Cho, Sung-Min
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2021
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To the Editor:
THROMBOTIC AND BLEEDING events have been implicated in the progression of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).1,2 This dysregulation of coagulation has been associated with poor prognoses.3,4 Neurologic sequelae, such as ischemic stroke and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), have been reported in patients with COVID-19 at rates of 0.9%-to-2.3% and 0.9%, respectively.5,6,7,8 Limited data exist on neurologic events in patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit who require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) due to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).To the Editor:
THROMBOTIC AND BLEEDING events have been implicated in the progression of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).1,2 This dysregulation of coagulation has been associated with poor prognoses.3,4 Neurologic sequelae, such as ischemic stroke and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), have been reported in patients with COVID-19 at rates of 0.9%-to-2.3% and 0.9%, respectively.5,6,7,8 Limited data exist on neurologic events in patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit who require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) due to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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Journal Title
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume
35
Issue
11
Subject
Respiratory diseases
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Anesthesiology
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Respiratory System