Table 2:

Indications criteria

Criteria to discuss veno-venous ECMO
Acute circulatory failure with the following conditions:
(1) Systolic arterial pressure <90 mmHg or mean arterial pressure <50 mmHg
(2) Despite filling ≥1000 ml
(3) Inotropic support:
Dobutamine >10 μg/kg/min And/or epinephrine >1 mg/h And/or norepinephrine >1 mg/h
(4) Cardiogenic shock
LVEF <30% and/or cardiac index <2.5 l/min/m2
Criteria to discuss veno-arterial ECMO
Acute respiratory failure with 1 of the following conditions:
(1) Refractory hypoxemia with PaO2 / FiO2 < 150
with FiO2 >80%, PEP <20 (platP = 32cmH2O), VD, NO.
(2) PlatP >35 cmH2O
with PEP = 5, TV min, with pH > 7.15
(3) pH < 7.15
with PEP = 5 cmH2O and plat P >35 cmH2O