Tiny ECLS Letter #63

Tiny ECLS Letter

After a little break to attend a conference, we’re back to provide you with some interesting literature on: the search for anticoagulation-free ECLS, guidelines, airway management, cannulation management, AKI on ECLS, education, eCPR, heparin, bivalirudin, and much more!!

Also, sometimes, you have to push a manuscript up front, not only because someone asked to share it, but because it is an important one, that will ultimately benefit the patients

#enjoyandshare

ELSO 2025 Narrative Guideline on ECMO Training and Continuing Education.

Moore EA, Han P, Shekar K, Ramanathan K, Riera Del Brio J et al.

ASAIO J. 2026 Apr 1;72(4):274-283 OPEN ACCESS

Prolonged Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Without Systemic Anticoagulation in Sheep.

Mahdieh Z, Meng A, Chang BY, Williams NX.

Ann Biomed Eng. 2026 Mar 5. Online ahead of print OPEN ACCESS

Evidence-based Guidelines for the Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Australia and New Zealand Using GRADE Methodology Series Part 1: Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VV ECMO) Indications and Management.

Newman SF, Burrell A, Buscher H, Chung DT, Forrest P et al.

Crit Care Resusc. 2026 Feb 26;28(1):100163 OPEN ACCESS

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Airway Management: Redefining Safety in High-risk Patients.

Mulligan D, Radwan MA, Hastings J, McCaul C.

Anesthesiol Clin. 2026 Mar;44(1):139-155

Difficult Cannulations in Neonatal and Pediatric ECMO: Illuminating Obstructions to Timely Therapy.

Wissmann Klage A, Sobolic M, Friedman ML, Lutfi R, Cast K, Gray BW.

Perfusion. 2026 Mar 4. Online ahead of print

Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Drainage Cannula Choice Impacts Flow Dynamics and Thrombosis Risk: A Computational Analysis.

Wickramarachchi A, Burrell AJC, Freidoonimehr N, Khamooshi M, Gregory SD.

ASAIO J. 2026 Mar 4. Online ahead of print

Balancing Flow and Filtration: AKI During ECMO.

Ramanathan K, MacLaren G.

Perfusion. 2026 Mar 4. Online ahead of print OPEN ACCESS

Simple and Reliable Method for Predicting Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Flow Rates and Circuit Pressures.

Takahashi K, Takahashi S, Takei Y, Kaiho Y, Imaizumi T et al.

Intensive Care Med Exp. 2026 Mar 4;14(1):28 OPEN ACCESS

Nanoconjugated Anticoagulant Coating with Blood Repellency for Extracorporeal Circulation in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Sun Z, Chen W, Ge N, Dai M, Zhang S, Tong W.

Materials Today. 2026 Mar 6;52:114952 OPEN ACCESS

The Role of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Airway Surgery: Experience From a French Referral Centre for Tracheobronchial Diseases.

Onorati I, Radu DM, Maiolino E, Suriano I, Juvin C et al.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2026 Feb 5;68(2):ezag076

A Novel Less Invasive Single Port Pulsatile Ventricular Assist Device

Li L, Chen J, Zhuang Z, Topaz S, Kawabori M et al.

JHLT Open. 2026 Mar 19. Online ahead of print OPEN ACCESS

Acellular Hemoglobin Impairs Cardiomyocyte Excitation-Contraction Coupling.

Lucas D, Munoz C, Muller CR, Gu X, Wolfe SR et al.

ASAIO J. 2026 Mar 4. Online ahead of print

Noninvasive Predictive Model for Rapid Hemodynamic Optimization During Mechanical Circulatory Support.

Yen I, Neidlin M, Zhu Y, Fischer L, Karimov JH, Hsu PL.

ASAIO J. 2026 Mar 10. Online ahead of print

Intraoperative Sodium Range Affects White Matter Microstructure in Neonatal Congenital Heart Disease.

van der Meijden MEM, van Loon K, Nijman M, Talacua H, Breur JMPJ et al.

Int J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis. 2026 Mar 5;24:100666 OPEN ACCESS

Sickle Cell Disease.

Colombatti R, Jastaniah W, Makani J, Andemariam B.

Lancet. 2026 Mar 14;407(10533):1095-1111

Wolf Creek XVIII Part 4: innovations in ECPR technology.

Trummer G, Yannopoulos D, Okada Y.

Resusc Plus. 2026 Feb 19;28:101274 OPEN ACCESS

Management of the Environment and Patient Care Using Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Scoping Review.

Medeiros-Dos-Santos-de-Cerqueira C, Moçali-Gonzalez C, Andrade-Conceição-Stipp M, Deca-Junior A, Oroski-Paes G.

Enferm Intensiva (Engl Ed). 2026 Jan-Mar;37(1):500581

Every Second Counts: Association Between Activated Clotting Time and Neurologic Injury in Neonatal ECMO.

Keizman E, Hubara E, Sadeh T, Skourikhin Y, Rubinstein M et al.

Early Hum Dev. 2026 Mar 11;218:106535. Online ahead of print

The ISHLT Consensus Statement on the Perioperative Use of ECLS in Lung Transplantation: Highlights and Perioperative Implications.

Wanar H, Weiner MM.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2026 Feb 18. Online ahead of print

Bivalirudin Monitoring Using Dilute Thrombin Time in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Single-Center, Retrospective Cost Analysis, 2018-2023.

Dorn LE, Perry T, Flint K, Luchtman-Jones L, Engel ER.

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 Mar 13. Online ahead of print

Evaluation of Bivalirudin-based Anticoagulation for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Including Patients with COVID-19.

Raguindin M, Bardsley C, Bast C, Sugrue D, Kazmi H, Milkovits A.

J Extra Corpor Technol. 2026 Mar;58(1):57-64 OPEN ACCESS