Sedation practices in adult patients with severe ARDS on extracorporeal respiratory support using VV ECMO – An international survey
Christopher Noel,
Adam Green,
Abhimanyu Chandel,
Joseph Delio,
Nitin Puri,
Chase Donaldson,
Craig Rackley,
Steven A. Conrad,
Peter Rycus,
Joseph E. Tonna,
Akram Zaaqoq,
Justyna Swol,
Christopher King,
Department of Medicine,
Division of Critical Care,
Cooper University Healthcare,
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University,
Department of Medicine,
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences,
Medical Critical Care Services,
Inova Fairfax Hospital,
Falls Church,
Division of Surgical Critical Care,
Integrated Hospital Services Institute,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
Department of Medicine,
Division of Pulmonary,
and Critical Care Medicine,
Duke University Health System,
Departments of Medicine,
Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics,
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport,
Department of Surgery,
Extracorporeal Life Support Organization ,
Ann Arbor,
Department of Surgery and Department of Emergency Medicine,
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
University of Utah Health,
Salt Lake City,
Department of Anesthesiology,
Division of Critical Care,
University of Virginia,
Department of Respiratory Medicine,
Paracelsus Medical University Nuremberg,
Cardiac Surgery and Extracorporeal Life Support,
Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery,
ECLS Program,
Vascular Centre MUMC,
Maastricht University Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht ,
Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant,
Inova Fairfax Hospital,
Falls Church
Perfusion
Published online on January 14, 2026
Perfusion, Ahead of Print.
IntroductionOptimal sedation strategies for patients with respiratory failure requiring venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) are not well defined.MethodsPhysicians caring for patients on ECMO in an intensive care unit were invited to ...