Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Letícia Almeida de Assunção, Anderson Lineu Siqueira dos Santos, Tatyellen Natasha da Costa Oliveira, Wilker Silva Alves, Antônia Roberta Mitre Sampaio, Rodrigo Batista Balieiro, Sarah Jacqueline Costa do Lago, Luceme Martins Silva, Tamires Costa Franco, Mayra Carolina de Carvalho, Rafaela Campos de Oliveira Silva, Jéssica Maria Lins da Silva, Wesley Brandão Dias, Bruna Eduarda Belo Gaia, Cláudia Rafaela Brandão Lima, Paulo Victor Caldas Soares, Alda Lima Lemos, Priscila Pinheiro de Miranda, Alinne Larissa de Almeida Matos, Taynnara de Oliveira do Espírito Santo Cunha, Monise Isabelly Sousa Soares, Angélica Menezes Bessa Oliveira, Luiz Euclides Coelho de Souza Filho, Jackline Leite de Oliveira, Thais Garcia Raymond Franco, Gabriele Santos de Souza, Debora Mylena Azevedo Rosa, Lidiane de Nazaré Noronha Ferreira Baia, Yasmin Martins de Sousa, Caroline Martins da Silva Moia, Camila Cristina Girard Santos, Clareana Costa Campelo Cunha, Paula Carolina Lima de Aviz, Fernanda Araujo Trindade, Mônica Custódia do Couto Abreu Pamplona, Ana do Socorro Maia de Moraes, Aline Lopes Teixeira, Barbara Maria Neves Mendonça Luz, Lunara Saraiva Miranda, Mônica Loureiro Maués Santos, Kelly Cristina Alberto Oliveira, Michele de Pinho Barreiros, Anna Karolina Paixão Benjamim, Arielly dos Santos Rodrigues, Ana Caroline Menezes Nunes, Pollyana Almeida de Oliveira, Adryanne Alyce Carvalho Prata, Flávia Moraes Pacheco da Silva, Conceição do Socorro Damasceno Barros, Adriana dos Santos Mendes Gomes, Larissa Lima Monteiro da Silva, Pâmela Correia Castro, Glenda Keyla China Quemel, Juliana do Rosário de Moraes, Janine Brasil de Araújo Moraes, Breno Caldas Ribeiro, Victor Viana da Graça, Iara Samily Balestero Mendes, Tayana Patrícia Santana Oliveira de Sá, Ana Caroline Guedes Souza Martins

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. COVID-19. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Objective: This study aims to discuss the risks and benefits of ECMO in the treatment of patients with severe COVID-19. Method: This is a narrative review study of the literature with a qualitative approach, carried out in the PubMed, MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO and Google Scholar databases in April 2021. Results: The analysis of the literature shows the importance of applying conventional treatment before opting for ECMO, and should be considered when other measures that have been proven to be effective and relatively inexpensive have been performed, but without success, such as pronation, neuromuscular blockade and lung protection ventilation. Conclusion: It is concluded that further studies are needed with a larger sample and a comprehensive analysis of the evaluation of the use of ECMO in patients with COVID-19.

Received:10 Jun 2021; Received in revised form: 09 Jul 2021; Accepted: 17 Jul 2021; Available online: 24 Jul 2021

10.22161/ijaers.87.31