RT Book, Section
A1 Pesenti, Antonio
A1 Gattinoni, Luciano
A1 Bombino, Michela
A2 Tobin, Martin J.
SR Print(0)
ID 57067910
T1 Chapter 21. Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal
T2 Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-173626-8
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57067910
RD 2024/04/20
AB Extracorporeal  carbon  dioxide  removal  (ECCO2R)  refers  to  a  technique  of  life  support  focused  on  the  removal  of  CO2  from  blood  rather  than  improving  blood  oxygenation.1  This  chapter  introduces  the  concept  of  ECCO2R  and  discusses  some  of  the  experience  and  future  on  this  exciting  topic.  ECCO2R  has  been  developed  mainly  with  a  view  to  applying  it  in  patients  with  the  most  severe  form  of  acute  respiratory  distress  (ARDS).2  We  will  try,  however,  to  widen  the  perspective  to  cover  also  the  possible  role  of  ECCO2R  in  the  prevention  of  hyaline  membrane  disease3  and  in  the  treatment  of  severe  asthma,4–8  multiple  bronchopleural  fistulas,9–10  and  severe  chronic  obstructive  pulmonary  disease.11