Domains | Example items | Notes |
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1. ARDS model and definition | Method of injury, including dosing and duration | Should be consistent with ATS report [38] |
Description of validation | ||
Operational definition of injury | ||
2. Mechanical ventilation | Mode of ventilation | |
Target tidal volume | ||
PEEP settings | ||
Ventilatory strategy during ECMO | ||
3. Supportive care | Use of neuromuscular blockade | |
Prone positioning | ||
Fluid therapy–type and quantity | ||
4. ECMO equipment | Pump and oxygenator make and model | |
Cannulae make and model | ||
5. ECMO cannulation | Standard description of configuration | Should use Maastricht treaty nomenclature [46] |
Method of cannulation | ||
6. ECMO management | Flow targets | |
Gas exchange targets/sweep gas management | ||
Anticoagulation strategy and targets |