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Perfusionist, E-AEC, ECMO & NRP specialist + POCUS EuroELSO Steering C & Chair NRP Working Group ELSOeducation taskforce SoMe Director @TheELSO SoMe Editor @asaiojournal

M Velia Antonini

Venopulmonary #ECLS 🫀🫁 ?? Hospital outcomes, complications, survival differed according to the diagnosis leading to VP #ECMO use. Younger age, male sex, lower BMI, and no CRRT use prior to cannulation confer a lower risk of death. 🖇️ bit.ly/4uRqTrr

Standards for cDCDs in adults: @esottransplant.bsky.social consensus 🛠️ system requirements 📋 preserving & 🔍 identifying opportunities 🩺 assessment of suitability 🫴🏻 communication about OD 🕯️managing WLSM/end-of-life care ⚖️ ante-mortem interventions #FOAMcc on @transpl-int.bsky.social 🔓 bit.ly/4vvLkL9

📘 Donation after Circulatory Death #DCD liver Tx and machine perfusion 📖 bit.ly/DCDLiverTx Pleased to be author of NRP circuit & perfusion chapter ⚙️ circuit 🩸 pump, driving unit, blood flow 💨 ML and gas management 🩸 reservoir 🩸 anticoagulation 🚧 NRP complications/troubleshooting 📖 bit.ly/DCDLiverNRP

Characterization of multiple organ dysfunction patterns & their associations with in-hospital mortality for children on #ECMO #PedsICU @asaiojournal.bsky.social 🖇️ bit.ly/4gmBSW3

#ECMO before pediatric heart #transplantation: comparing two eras 🫀 although #ECLS before #Tx decreased over years, survival & outcomes improved. Compared to previous decade, ECMO is associated with lower mortality and better long-term survival. #PedsICU @asaiojournal.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/4fwcVHp

Check our latest article on #ECMO support in adult critically ill patients, including modalities & mechanisms of benefit in 🫁 respiratory, 🫀 cardiac & 🫀🫁 cardiorespiratory failure, just out on the @atsblueeditor.bsky.social Blue Journal!! 🖇️ bit.ly/3Sk7D8m

⏰ The abstract submission deadline for #ELSO2026 is approaching - 2️⃣ DAYS ⏰ NO extensions All accepted abstracts will be published as a supplement in @asaiojournal.bsky.social Journal. Select abstracts may be presented live 🎤. 📆 September 28 - October 1, 2026 📌 Nashville, TN 🖇️ bit.ly/ELSO2026

Second day of #APELSO2026, the 8th annual conference of APELSO - Asia-Pacific Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, the Asia-Pacific chapter of the @theelso.bsky.social - Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, ongoing in beautiful 📌 Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵 Here some pics 📸

Final day for #APELSO2026 Challenging spirit, the 8th annual conference of APELSO - Asia-Pacific Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, the Asia-Pacific chapter of the ELSO - ELSO - Extracorporeal Life Support Organization in 📌 Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵 Congratulations for this successful event!

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The effects of mechanical ventilation during VA #ECMO, systematic review aimed to summarize & describe studies investigating its effects on hemodynamics, cardiac recovery, outcomes. 📖 available evidence sparse/low quality, highly heterogeneous, and at considerable risk of bias. 🔓 rdcu.be/fnfsg

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M Velia Antonini

Venopulmonary #ECLS, an ELSO Registry analysis: 🔍 838 patients included, July 2020 to July 2024 🫀🫁 major indications: heart failure/CS 54.4%; acute respiratory failure/#ARDS 26.6% 🚧 common adverse events included need for #CRRT or AKI, infections, arrhythmias, bleedings 🖇️ bit.ly/4uRqTrr

Characterization of multiple organ dysfunction for children on ECMO ⚖️ starting the day of cannulation, more ODs developed in non-survivors; difference persisted throughout run/after decannulation 🔍 opportunities to investigate + intervene on risk factors in peri-cannulation period? 🖇️ bit.ly/4gmBSW3

#ECMO before pediatric heart #transplantation: 🔍 >1K #ECLS supported children with end-stage heart failure from UNOS Database included: 58% in era 1 (2005–14), 42% in era 2 (2015-24) 🫀 52% transplanted 🪦 total waitlist mortality 34.9%; in era 2 significantly higher waitlist survival 🔗 bit.ly/4fwcVHp

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#ECLS in adult critically ill patients, modalities & mechanisms of benefit in different pathophysiological states: 🫁 respiratory ECLS 🫀 cardiac #ECMO & #ECPR 🫀🫁 cardiorespiratory ECLS 🩺 bridging mechanisms and clinical heterogeneity in ECLS 🚧 limitations of ECLS 🖇️ bit.ly/3Sk7D8m

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