Yes or no for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation? PART 1. GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS. REVIEW OF INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA

Abstract

The incidence of unexpected cardiac arrest is high. Survival to hospital discharge after cardiac arrest is low. Searching of methods improves cardiac arrest outcomes, started research with use extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The application of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during cardiac arrest is extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. When guideline-directed resuscitation efforts fail to achieve return of spontaneous circulation , an episode of cardiac arrest is deemed refractory and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may be considered. The article reviews the current literature for the dates 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2023 (last 5 years) in the field of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, paying particular attention to: - current guidelines and recommendations; - inclusion and exclusion criteria taking of regional and national experiences; - results of studies on the effectiveness of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation and comparative studies of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation with conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation - decision making, logistics, trends and discussions, to create a database for the reader, who expects an answer to the question: yes or no for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation?