The SWAACELSO Research webinar series - Foundations of ECLS research & epidemiologic methods
🔍 Observational Studies in #ECLS
⚖️ Beyond propensity score: modern matching methods
🎯 Emulation of target trials for #ECMO
📆 April 8 2026
⏰ 7-8:30 am New York 🇺🇸, Toronto 🇨🇦
Register now!
🔗 bit.ly/4c7FOpU

In our “Transitioning of ECMO Patient to Transport ECMO Circuit” session, Sue Williams (ECMO) & Denise Good (Transport RN) demonstrated safe patient movement while maintaining ECMO integrity 🚑
A high-stakes skill where every detail matters. #ECMO #CriticalCare

Standardization of in vitro evaluation of #ECLS devices for research and development, on behalf of @eacts.bsky.social Innovation Committee, Section CPB, ECLS & MCS, & EuroELSO Innovation Group
🩸 cannulae
📦 tubing packs
🩸 blood pumps
🫁 membrane lungs
🩸 hemocompatibility
#FOAMcc #ECMO
🔓 bit.ly/48byRD8

🎥 Recording of the latest #EuroELSOwebinar: Evolving concepts in anticoagulation is now online!
🩸 Anticoagulation and antiplatelets in VV #ECLS
🩸 Anticoagulation and antiplatelets in VA #ECMO
🩸 Anticoagulation and antiplatelets in #ECPR
🎙 Discussion
🔓 youtube.com/watch?v=NXmz8B5-_4k

🎥 How do you safely feed a patient on ECMO? Join our experts for a practical #ESICMWebinar on #NutritionManagement in #ECMO patients — covering bedside feeding strategies and cardiovascular support considerations.

🗓️ 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧👉 shorturl.at/k7RFu

#ESICM #IntensiveCare

ECMO Transport course – joint conference EuroELSO/ESPNIC - EuroElso ECMO Transport course – joint conference EuroELSO/ESPNIC 16-18 September 2026 Rome/Italy Participate in this International Course on Neonatal and Pediatric ECLS Transport is developed in collaboration between faculty from EuroELSO & ESPNIC Societies and ECMO Centre in University Hospital Bambino Gesu Hospital andGiovan Battista Pastine Rome Ciampino Airport. Description:This International ECMO Transport Course is developed by […]

📢 International course on neo & peds #ECMO transport
🚑 🚁 various transport modes
✈️ aeromedicine
🚧 risks/working conditions
📋 logistical aspects
📦 equipment
⚙️ troubleshoot complications
📋 legal/insurance considerations
🪑 30 multidisciplinary participants
📆 16-18 Sep 2026
📌 Rome 🇮🇹
🔗 bit.ly/47A2YE2

ELSO 2025 guideline on #ECMO training & continuing education
🎓 methodologies
📋 minimum standards for initial/ongoing training, simulation, case volume, developing effective instructors
📜 assessment /certification: E-AEC/ E-NPEC
🎓 becoming ELSO endorsed training center
🔓https://bit.ly/3NzTwdd

Integration Health: Recognized Fastest Growing Company in Southwest for ECMO Expansion Integration Health has earned a prestigious spot on the 2026 Inc. Regionals: Southwest list for its rapid growth in ECMO and perfusion care delivery, impacting numerous lives.

Integration Health: Recognized Fastest Growing Company in Southwest for ECMO Expansion #United_States #Dallas #Integration_Health #ECMO #perfusion_care

#ECLS for post-cardiotomy acute RV failure:
🔍 multicenter, international, study including > 2K adults, 2000 - 2020
🫀patients requiring #ECMO for PC aRVF, despite higher pre-operative risks and complex clinical courses, achieve survival rates comparable to other indications.
🔗 bit.ly/4tho1DB

📖 VA #ECMO in adults: Chapter 17 of Blue Book is focused on adults requiring circulatory support
🩺 indications
🩸 cannulation
🫁 gas exchange, ventilation, monitoring
🩺 care
🚧 complications
🫀 weaning/decannulation
📘 latest edition of ECMO Specialist Training Manual available!
🛒 bit.ly/ELSObooks

Major bleeding during VA #ECMO for cardiac failure
🔍 558 adults included, 2016–2023
🩸severe major bleeding developed in nearly ½ of pts and was associated with increased mortality. Trajectories of coagulation & inflammatory markers underscore dynamic nature of bleeding risk.
🔓 rdcu.be/faryP

🛏 Be part of ‘Circuit Chatter'!
📢 To fulfil the desire by Dr Bartlett to pass the torch, ELSO launched an invitation to contribute with brief #ECMO cases history, 300-700 words. This will then be edited/published.
⏳ Deadline for next ELSO newsletter is April 15, 2026
📬 email newsletter@elso.org

Ventricular arrhythmia ablation timing & outcomes in electrical storm requiring VA #ECMO support: STORM-ECMO study
🫀Findings (hypothesis-generating) suggest that timely substrate control during the initial phase of MCS may facilitate myocardial recovery. Open access #FOAMcc #FOAMecmo
🔓 rdcu.be/e92he

Ventricular arrhythmia & VA #ECMO: STORM-ECMO study
🇫🇷 French multicenter study
🫀 ablation associated with higher ECMO weaning success, particularly if performed within early days after cannulation
⚖️ benefit greatest if ablation performed within first days of support
🔓 rdcu.be/e92he

Reply to Letter to the Editor: High-Caliber Femoral... : ASAIO Journal An abstract is unavailable.

Reply to Letter to the Editor: High-Caliber Femoral Dual-Lumen Cannula for ECCO2R in Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: Efficacy and Safety Evaluation
ASAIO Journal 72(3):p e51, March 2026. | DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002643
https://ow.ly/IlpJ50YqaRO
#ASAIO
#ECMO

🚧 #ECMO complications? Moving beyond expert consensus to prospective studies and standardized monitoring across ECMO registries will be essential if efforts to reduce complications are to translate into improved patients' survival and quality of life.

🚧 #ECMO complications: broad challenge facing community? Distinguishing adverse events attributable to ECMO from those driven by underlying illness.
🔓 rdcu.be/e9Ibj

🧫 On SAVECMO study, establishing consensus on definition, diagnosis, management for peripheral cannula-site infection.
🔓 rdcu.be/e9IkE

Letter to the Editor in Response to: High-Caliber Femoral... : ASAIO Journal An abstract is unavailable.

Letter to the Editor in Response to: High-Caliber Femoral Dual-Lumen Cannula for ECCO2R in Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: Efficacy and Safety Evaluation
ASAIO Journal 72(3):p e50, March 2026. | DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002642
https://ow.ly/s44y50YqaEn
#ASAIO
#ECMO

VV #ECMO candidacy decision-making process: why & to whom is offered?
⚖️ interpretation/incorporation of age, BMI, MV time variable
⚖️ contraindications flexible depending on ethical/social criteria
⚖️ cognitive biases/heuristics impact
⚖️ institutional/cultural contexts shape decisions
🔓 bit.ly/484tzt0

#ECMO decision-making process:
🔍 study aimed to characterize how clinicians approach candidacy selection, criteria considered + relative weight
Decisions to pursue VV ECMO for severe respiratory failure were largely based on clinical judgments of suitability vs objective guidelines
🔓 bit.ly/484tzt0

Grateful for an incredible couple of days at @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social & ELSO #SCCM2026 pre-conference #ECMO #simulation course!
🎓 From lectures to hands-on learning - the depth of discussion and collaboration continues to push our #ECLS practice forward!

JAMA Network Open article: "Clinician Perspectives on the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Decision-Making Process" by Derek R. Soled et al. Published March 22, 2026. doi:text@1

Variability in #ECMO candidacy selection may result in inconsistent allocation; multidisciplinary review and clear guidelines are recommended to improve transparency and equity.

#SCCM2026 #CriticalCare @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social

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Reevaluating Analytical Rigor in Brain Death Determination... : ASAIO Journal An abstract is unavailable.

Letters to the Editor
Reevaluating Analytical Rigor in Brain Death Determination Under Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support
ASAIO Journal 72(3):p e49, March 2026. | DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002635
https://ow.ly/oOwW50YqacF
#ASAIO
#ECMO

Persistent air leak in the critically ill Persistent air leak (PAL) is an infrequent but challenging scenario in critical care and anaesthesia, most often arising as a complication of lung resection surgery. Patients with PAL are at high…

🚨 In massive air leak with failing gas exchange, rescue strategies may include lung/lobar isolation, endobronchial occlusion, surgery, or VV-ECMO. Sometimes the priority is buying time safely enough for healing.
Read more in the #BJAEd: buff.ly/z7AkQIq
#ECMO #CriticalCare #ThoracicAnaesthesia

Effects of Inadvertent Left Atrial Return During Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: The Veno-Left Atrial Case Series
ASAIO Journal 72(3):p e42-e48, March 2026. | DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002562
https://ow.ly/ch5S50Yq9Aj
#ASAIO
#ECMO

Inside Calstar Super King Air 200 N370CS at #KSJC February 2020. We were fit testing ECMO gear (see next post for explanation but its basically heart and lung bypass) These are the most intense transports we do #cvvhrn #moffett #photography #AvGeek #aviation #nurse #SanJose #nursing #medical #ECMO

Are you/your team in need of an excellent #ECLS education and/or training opportunity?? Join one of the ELSO courses & workshops next fall 🍂
🎓 Adult #ECMO simulation course
🎓 Neo/Peds ECMO #simulation course
🎓 Cannulation workshop
🎓 bit.ly/ELSOAcademy
📬 ecmotraining@elso.org

Expression of Concern Regarding Article “Perioperative Use... : ASAIO Journal An abstract is unavailable.

Expression of Concern Regarding Article “Perioperative Use of ECMO During Double Lung Transplantation”

https://ow.ly/eCuF50YvcW2
#ASAIO
#ECMO

High-Caliber Femoral Dual-Lumen Cannula for ECCO2R in Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: Efficacy and Safety Evaluation
ASAIO Journal 72(3):p 255-262, March 2026. | DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002586
https://ow.ly/hZ0L50Yq88f
#ASAIO
#ECMO

Assembling, Priming, and Storing Circuits for Pediatric and Neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
ASAIO Journal 72(3):p 249-254, March 2026. | DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002483
https://ow.ly/hqQV50Yq7X8
#ASAIO
#ECMO
#ELSO