• Juliette Chommeloux, Simon Valentin, Hadrien Winiszewski, Mélanie Adda, Pineton de ChambrunMarcMSorbonne University, Groupe de Recherche Clinique 30 RESPIRE, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, INSERM UMRS_1166-iCAN, Paris, France.Medical Intensive Care Unit and., Quentin Moyon, Alexis Mathian, Gilles Capellier, Christophe Guervilly, Bruno Levy, Pierre Jaquet, Romain Sonneville, Guillaume Voiriot, Alexandre Demoule, Samia Boussouar, Benoit Painvin, Guillaume Lebreton, Alain Combes, and Matthieu Schmidt.
• Sorbonne University, Groupe de Recherche Clinique 30 RESPIRE, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, INSERM UMRS_1166-iCAN, Paris, France.
• Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2023 Jan 15; 207 (2): 150159150-159.

AbstractRationale: Long-term outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are unknown. Objectives: To assess physical examination, pulmonary function tests, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and quality of life at 6 and 12 months after ECMO onset. Methods: Multicenter, prospective study in patients who received ECMO for COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome from March to June 2020 and survived hospital discharge. Measurements and Main Results: Of 80 eligible patients, 62 were enrolled in seven French ICUs. ECMO and invasive mechanical ventilation duration were 18 (11-25) and 36 (27-62) days, respectively. All were alive, but only 19/50 (38%) returned to work and 13/42 (31%) had recovered a normal sex drive at 1 year. Pulmonary function tests were almost normal at 6 months, except for DlCO, which was still impaired at 12 months. Mental health, role-emotional, and role-physical were the most impaired domain compared with patients receiving ECMO who did not have COVID-19. One year after ICU admission, 19/43 (44%) patients had significant anxiety, 18/43 (42%) had depression symptoms, and 21/50 (42%) were at risk for post-traumatic stress disorders. Conclusions: Despite the partial recovery of the lung function tests at 1 year, the physical and psychological function of this population remains impaired. Based on the comparison with long-term follow-up of patients receiving ECMO who did not have COVID-19, poor mental and physical health may be more related to COVID-19 than to ECMO in itself, although this needs confirmation.

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