COVID-19 necrotising pneumonia and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a challenge for anticoagulation

Suzanne Goursaud; Martin Mombrun; Damien du Cheyron

doi:10.1183/23120541.00182-2020

COVID-19 necrotising pneumonia and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a challenge for anticoagulation

ERJ Open Res. 2020 Jul 6;6(2):00182-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00182-2020. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Authors

Suzanne Goursaud^{1

2}, Martin Mombrun¹, Damien du Cheyron¹

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Medical Intensive Care, Caen University Hospital, Caen, France.
² Normandie Univ., UNICAEN, INSERM, U1237, PhIND "Physiopathology and imaging of Neurological Disorders", Institut Blood and Brain @ Caen-Normandie, Cyceron, Caen, France.

Abstract

ECMO and curative anticoagulation may be associated with severe bleeding events in #COVID19 pneumonia. ECMO and high levels of anticoagulation must be considered with caution in the most severe patients with #SARS-CoV-2 necrotising pneumonia. https://bit.ly/3clhu31.