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Table 1 ECLS modalities

From: Extracorporeal life support and systemic inflammation

 

CPB

VA-ECMO

VV-ECMO

ECCO2R

Organ support

Cardiac and pulmonary

Cardiac and pulmonary

Pulmonary: oxygenation and ventilation

Pulmonary: ventilation

Duration

Minutes to hours

Days to weeks

Days to weeks

Days to weeks

Anticoagulation

Very high-dose heparin

Low-dose heparin

Low-dose or no heparin

Low-dose heparin

Reversal

Protamine

No

No

No

Air-blood interface

Yes

No

No

No