The Annals of thoracic surgery
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Outcomes of Adult Patients With Septic Shock Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been shown to provide benefits in children, but not adults, with septic shock. This study described the clinical outcomes of adults in septic shock who underwent ECMO. ⋯ This cohort of patients undergoing ECMO had equivalent median survival compared with literature-based estimates of other cohorts of patients with septic shock.