Fig 1.

Specific considerations for ECMO in the peripartum patient. BBB, blood brain barrier; BP, blood pressure; BV, blood volume; CBF, cerebral blood flow; CC, closing capacity; CO, cardiac output; CrCl, creatinine clearance; CVP, central venous pressure; HR, heart rate; MV, minute ventilation; EF, ejection fraction; ERV, expiratory residual volume; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FEV1/FVC, ratio of FEV1 to FVC; FRC, functional residual capacity; FVC, forced vital capacity; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; HCO3, bicarbonate; IC, inspiratory capacity; LUD, left uterine displacement; LVEDV, left ventricular end diastolic volume; Paco₂, arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide; Pao₂, arterial partial pressure of oxygen; PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; PV, plasma volume; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; RBC, red blood cell; RBF, renal blood flow; SNS, sympathetic nervous system; SV, stroke volume; SVR, systemic vascular resistance; TV, tidal volume; VC, vital capacity; Vo₂, oxygen consumption; WBC, white blood cell.