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cord-290741-y3lvewlz	Zeng, Yingchun	Prognosis when using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for critically ill COVID-19 patients in China: a retrospective case series	2020-04-15		.txt	text/plain	848	53	55	title: Prognosis when using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for critically ill COVID-19 patients in China: a retrospective case series Prognosis when using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for critically ill COVID-19 patients in China: a retrospective case series Yingchun Zeng 1 † , Zhongxiang Cai 2 † , Yunyan Xianyu 2 † , Bing Xiang Yang 3* , Ting Song 1* and Qiaoyuan Yan 4* The World Health Organization (WHO) has characterized the disease, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as a pandemic on March 11, 2020 (www.who.int). If severe respiratory failure persisted, then ECMO should be started as soon as possible." [6] Worldwide data on prognosis when using ECMO to treat critically ill patients with COVID-19 infection are not available, and whether ECMO plays a role in reducing patient mortality rates is currently unknown. Based on the two cohort case series in this study, nearly half of the critically ill COVID-19 patients with ECMO were dying from septic shock and multiple organ failure.	./cache/cord-290741-y3lvewlz.txt	./txt/cord-290741-y3lvewlz.txt