M Velia Antonini
@FOAMecmo
Perfusionist ECMO & NRP specialist 🫁🫘🫀 & 🖥️ POCUS 🪑Chair Normothermic Regional Perfusion EuroELSO WG 📱#SoMe Director @ELSOOrg/SoMe Editor @asaiojournal
TA #NRP in cDCD heart donors using closed #ECMO circuit, modified to provide 🩸🌡️effective NRP despite prolonged fWIT 🫀LV venting 🫀 fast conversion to central configuration as needed ⭕️ shunt for recirculation 🫧 air management #FOAMcc @asaiojournal 🔓bit.ly/TANRPasaio…

📢 Participate in a needs assessment survey to help develop a standardized curriculum for #ECPR! The @ELSOOrg team is developing a more comprehensive ECPR curriculum, and we need your input. We're looking to identify areas where your current educational needs aren't being fully…

Optimal ECLS in mixed cardiogenic & septic shock: 🔍 ELSO Registry Analysis 🪦 high overall mortality = 63%; older age, pre ECMO cardiac arrest, baseline CCI associated with increased mortality 🩸 patients receiving higher EBF (EBF ≥2.2 L/min/m2) at 24h had trend toward…

Implementation of regional emergency physician-initiated #ECPR program for #OHCA in San Diego County, 🇺🇸: first-year data showing favourable outcome: 🚑 25% neuro-intact survival from paramedics out-of-hospital “ECPR alerts”: improvement in CA care? ⏱️ for ECPR, time from CA to…

🚑 ECPR? NOT a standalone technique but a complex system-based intervention! Factors as team experience, system readiness, protocol adherence pivotal: without robust coordination, centralized capabilities, and clearly defined institutional roles, distribution of #ECPR may…

⏱️ Your #ECMO expertise is needed!! You have ONLY 10 more days to contribute to this international survey aimed to explore 5️⃣ key issues related to #ECLS team 🗝️ characteristics of #ECLS hospitals 🏥 🗝️ general + ECLS specific education & training 🎓 🗝️ role of team members 🗝️…

Vascular access for #ECLS: how to fill the gap when suitable cannulas are not commercially available?? 🔬 novel 6 Fr drainage cannula for prematures < 1.5 kg 🖨️ printed in 3D using flexible resins & tested to assess pressures/maximum flow rate in vitro + in vivo Manufacturing…

This was so much fun to record! Great to spend time chatting with my colleague and friend @DrPaulRees about SPEAR and the journey we have been on together @LionelLamhaut @alice_hutin @CarlHaentjens @emtaccs @HelioPenna71 @FOAMecmo @edecmo @ZackShinar
Advancing Cardiac Arrest Care, SPEAR; Roadside to Resus-out now! An amazing episode with Jon Barratt & Paul Rees on the evidence and application of advancing care itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the… open.spotify.com/show/4pGoo1XFn… TheResusRoom.co.uk #FOAMed
Arterial cannula for percutaneous femoral VA #ECMO: relationship between cannula size, predicted arterial size & vascular complications 🧮 median predicted CFA diameter 5.4mm, 1.9 Fr lower vs chosen cannula ⚖️ significant discrepancy = higher complications Estimated CFA diameter…

Direct Thrombin Inhibitors in #ECMO 🔎 SR/MA of studies comparing DTIs vs UFH 🔍 28 studies identified, most (25) on bivalirudin 🩸DTIs achieved therapeutic anticoagulation range faster + maintained therapeutic range for > time ⚖️ effects similarly significant in adults (not in…

📢 International course on neonatal & pediatric #ECMO transport, a joint @EuroELSO & @ESPNIC_Society event! 🗓️ Sep 10-12, 2025 📌 Leicester, UK 🇬🇧 🔗 bit.ly/457tvYl 🎓 immersive didactic/hands-on workshop + high-fidelity simulation Latest techniques/technology…

CI, SvO2 & pCO2 in #ECMO for cardiogenic shock? 🔍 post-hoc analysis of ECMO-CS trial: immediate #ECLS initiation vs early conservative strategy in CS The presence of any of following criteria: 🫀 low cardiac index 🫁 high PCO2 gap 🩸 low SvO2 may indicate poor prognosis with…

Amazing #EuroELSOwebinar on rehabilitation on #ECMO today on role of speech & language therapy, mobilization, occupational therapy in children & adults during #ECMO support... Multidisciplinary collaboration is pivotal: #ICUrehab is a team sport!! The webinar was opened by…




Postcardiotomy #ECMO in older patients?? Older age is associated with high mortality in patients who receive PC #ECLS. However, perioperative variables are involved: better selection and postop treatment might improve survival. Older patients with history of stroke & RV failure,…

Flow dynamics in aorta during peripheral VA #ECMO 🥼realistic silicone model of human aorta with major branches fabricated, left iliac artery cannulated to simulate VA ECMO hemodynamics 🫀left ventricular outflows at aortic root simulated using piston pump 🔬 particle image…

Rehabilitation on #ECMO: a team approach #EuroELSOwebinar, moderated by @Jo_anneFowles @lansink_oude @EShkurka 🗓️ July 15 2025, 14:00 CEST/13:00 BST Register at 🖋euroelso.net/webinars/ 🎥 All previous webinars are available on demand 🔓bit.ly/EuroELSOyoutube #ICUrehab #FOAMcc
📢 Rehabilitation on #ECMO: a team approach next Euro ELSO webinar 🗓️ July 15 2025, 14:00 CEST/13:00 BST Topics: 🎙 my rehab journey - ECMO Patient 🎙 speech & language therapy 🎙 mobilising the patient 🎙 occupational therapy Register NOW 🖋 euroelso.net/webinars/ 🎥 PS All…
📢 Rehabilitation on #ECMO: a team approach next Euro ELSO webinar 🗓️ July 15 2025, 14:00 CEST/13:00 BST Topics: 🎙 my rehab journey - ECMO Patient 🎙 speech & language therapy 🎙 mobilising the patient 🎙 occupational therapy Register NOW 🖋 euroelso.net/webinars/ 🎥 PS All…

Clinical profile & neurological outcomes of pediatric patients on VA #ECMO 🧠 neuro complications 26% during run, 21% post-decannulation; neck cannulation, lower pH & higher lactate pre-ECMO/delayed clearance, MODS (+ prolonged time to cannulation in ECPR) risk factors 🧠…

ICP & autoregulation during #ECPR 🐖 in vivo model to investigate impact of #ECMO rapid, non-pulsatile restoration of CBF on intracranial physiology & autoregulation 🧠 systemic & intracranial physiology evaluated at baseline, fibrillation, #ECLS, #ROSC 🩸 ECMO initiation…

The role of perfusionists in #ECLS management: an international survey aimed to investigate 🗝️ characteristics of #ECMO hospitals 🏥 🗝️ general + ECLS specific education & training 🎓 🗝️ role of perfusionists & other clinicians 🤝 🗝️ daily management of ECLS tasks 📋 🗝️…

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