Ethical dilemmas of adult ECMO: emerging conceptual challenges

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Feb;29(1):229-33. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.07.015. Epub 2014 Oct 23.

Authors

Kollengode Ramanathan¹, Matthew E Cove², Michael G Caleb², Kristine L K Teoh², Graeme Maclaren²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Dept of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, National University Hospital, Singapore. Electronic address: ram_ramanathan@nuhs.edu.sg.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Dept of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, National University Hospital, Singapore.

PMID: 25440649
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.07.015

No abstract available

Keywords: ethics; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; intensive care.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / ethics*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / statistics & numerical data
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / diagnosis*
Klebsiella Infections / therapy*
Klebsiella pneumoniae*
Male