Oxygenator failures during cardiopulmonary bypass lead to associated injury patterns

Jace C Bradshaw, AlleaBelle Bradshaw, Rishab Agarwal, Vishnu Dontu, Shivani Shirodkar, Caroline Tran, Jennifer S Lawton, Chetan Pasrija, Chad Wierschke, Laeben Lester, Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Perfusion Services, Johns Hopkins University

Perfusion

Published online on May 21, 2026

Abstract

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BackgroundCardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) oxygenators provide essential intra-operative gas exchange. Although rare, CPB oxygenator failures can cause catastrophic morbidity and mortality, and published analyses of CPB-specific oxygenator failures are ...