Tiny ECLS Letter #57

Tiny ECLS Letter

Aaah, those days of biting cold, freezing winds, warm soup and crisp, clear skies

That is, if you live high enough in the northern hemisphere…

Wherever you are, there’s always something to enjoy

Like this tiny little newsletter, for example…

#enjoyandshare

Lucian Leape’s Legacy for Patient Safety.

Gawande AA.

BMJ Qual Saf. 2026 Jan 8. Online ahead of print OPEN ACCESS

When Stopping Is Just as Important as Starting: the Challenge of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Rajsic S, Morales Castro D, Shekar K.

Br J Anaesth. 2026 Jan;136(1):24-28

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Discontinuation Due to Resource Limitations.

Cardoso Cavalcante R, Brunetti M, Hsiung JC, Sanderlin R, Baxelbaum K et al.

ASAIO J. 2026 Jan 9. Online ahead of print

Reimagining Fluid Dynamics With Navier-Stokes: The Next Revolution in Neurocritical Care.

Khan S, Bidad S, García AV.

ASAIO J. 2025 Dec 29. Online ahead of print

Viscoelastic Testing to Guide Anticoagulation During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Lung Transplantation.

Vajter J, Garaj M, Holubova G, Spisak F, Laitnerova L et al.

ASAIO J. 2026 Jan 13. Online ahead of print

Hydrogen Gas via Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Its Effects on Oxidative Stress, Coagulation, and Inflammation: An Ex Vivo Model.

Gandini L, Liu K, Passmore MR, Chan CHH, Wilson ES et al.

ASAIO J. 2026 Jan 8. Online ahead of print

First Application of an Eddy-Scale Hemolysis Model to the Food and Drug Administration Nozzle Using Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Avci M.

ASAIO J. 2026 Jan 8. Online ahead of print

Towards an Understanding of Best Practice: The Good, the Bad and the Future of Cardiogenic Shock Teams.

Senman B, Sinha SS, Truesdell AG, Safiriyu I, Drakos S et al.

Am Heart J. 2026 Mar;293:107310

Impact of Advanced Cardiac Life Support Medications on Discharge Neurological Function for Survivors of Cardiac Arrest When Using ECPR.

Hockstein M, Johnson NJ, Horns JJ, Youngquist ST, Cho SM, Tonna J.

Circ Heart Fail. 2026 Jan 7:e013420. Online ahead of print

Challenges of ECMO Use for Severe Trauma: a Narrative Review.

Zhang XL, Zhang YQ, Hou ZY, Chen W.

Hereditas. 2025 Nov 22;163(1):4 OPEN ACCESS

Refining Platelet Administration in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Could Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Hemostatic Transfusions in Children (ECSTATIC) Provide the Answer?

Dalton HJ, Thiagarajan R.

Crit Care Med. 2026 Jan 5. Online ahead of print

Platelet Transfusion Thresholds for Children Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: The Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Hemostatic Transfusions in Children (ECSTATIC) Feasibility Clinical Trial.

Nellis ME, Barney BJ, Coles G, Cholette JM, Choudhury TA et al.

Crit Care Med. 2025 Dec 23. Online ahead of print

Implementation of Emergency Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Hospital Without On-site Cardiothoracic Surgery Support.

Pohjanpaju SM, Heino S, Suvela S, Eranti A, Bendel S et al.

Resusc Plus. 2025 Dec 5;27:101186 OPEN ACCESS

The Contemporary Landscape of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation.

Elmadhoun O, Teixeira MT, Saddoughi SA, Fritz AV, Abutaka AG et al.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Dec 13. Online ahead of print

Venopulmonary Extracorporeal Life Support: An Elso Registry Analysis

Baldetti L, Pontillo D, Capoccia M, Kowalewski M, Tonna JE et al.

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2026 Jan. Online ahead of print

A Consensus of International Experts on Definition, Sampling, Treatment, and Prevention of Peripheral Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Cannula-site Infection Obtained by the Delphi Method: the SAVECMO Study.

Masi P, Abrams D, Hssain AA, Balik M, Barrett NA et al.

Intensive Care Med. 2026 Jan 8. Online ahead of print OPEN ACCESS

Survival On the Clock: Rethinking Where and How We Deliver ECPR.

Yannopoulos D, Jaeger D, Kalra R, Rees P, Bruen C et al.

Resuscitation. 2026 Jan 6;219:110960. Online ahead of print

Risk Factors for a Central-to-peripheral Arterial Blood Pressure Gradient in Adults: a Systematic Review.

Chala H, Daccache N, Morisson L, Denault A, Laferrière-Langlois P.

Can J Anaesth. 2026 Jan 13. Online ahead of print OPEN ACCESS

Outcomes in Patients Requiring VENO-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation After Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis From the PELS-1 Study.

Nardelli P, Mariani S, De Piero ME, van Bussel BCT, Di Mauro M et al.

Artif Organs. 2026 Jan 11. Online ahead of print OPEN ACCESS

Breaking the Rhythm: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) as a Life Saver in a Case of Resistant Arrhythmia and Cardiac Arrest.

Fadl AB, Fadl A, Nadeem R.

Cureus. 2025 Dec 14;17(12):e99196 OPEN ACCESS