TY - JOUR AU - Firstenberg, Michael S. AU - Stahel, Philip F. AU - Hanna, Jennifer AU - Kotaru, Chakradhar AU - Crossno, Joseph AU - Forrester, Joseph PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05/08 TI - Successful COVID-19 rescue therapy by extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for respiratory failure: a case report JO - Patient Safety in Surgery SP - 20 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - The value of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for patients suffering from novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a rescue therapy for respiratory failure remains controversial and associated with high mortality rates of 50 to 82% in early reports from Wuhan, China. We hypothesized that patient outcomes would be improved at our tertiary cardiothoracic surgery referral center with a protocolized team-approach for ECMO treatment of patients with severe COVID-19 disease. SN - 1754-9493 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-020-00245-7 DO - 10.1186/s13037-020-00245-7 ID - Firstenberg2020 ER -