ECMO vs CPR for pre-hospital resuscitation after cardiac arrest (INCEPTION trial)
In the Netherlands, 160 patients who could not regain spontaneous circulation after 15 minutes of CPR following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with ventricular arrhythmias (“shockable rhythms”) were randomized to be cannulated to undergo extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or receive continued advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) without ECMO. …
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