Title
Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation support: ethical dilemmas
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine
Publication Date
2017-03-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Bioethics and Medical Ethics
Abstract
The vast expansion of patients treated with of extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) emerge novel ethical questions about the use of this new technology. In regard the indications, duration of support and timing of withdrawal of support, these questions sometimes create disagreement among surrogates, between health care team and surrogates, and even disagreement among health care team, these disagreements occurs because of the extreme emergency of support initiation, the ambiguity of the outcome as well as lack of clarity on the intended treatment direction, whether it is ineffective, bridge to recovery or bridge to lifetime mechanical support or transplant. In this article we discuss these questions through patients' scenarios.
DOI of Published Version
10.21037/atm.2017.01.38
Source
Ann Transl Med. 2017 Mar;5(5):112. doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.01.38. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Annals of translational medicine
Related Resources
PubMed ID
28361077
Repository Citation
Makdisi, Tony and Makdisi, George, "Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation support: ethical dilemmas" (2017). Open Access Articles. 3124.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/3124