This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and
Emergency Medicine 2015 and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in …

Rationale: We developed an innovative, minimally invasive, highly efficient extracorporeal
CO2 removal (ECCO2R) technique called respiratory electrodialysis (R-ED). Objectives: To …

Advanced extracorporeal therapies have been successfully applied in the austere
environment of combat casualty care over the previous decade. In this review, we describe …

Introduction: Citric acid infusion in extracorporeal blood may allow concurrent regional
anticoagulation and enhancement of extracorporeal CO2 removal. Effects of citric acid on …

Background: Critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure frequently present
concomitant lung and kidney injury, within a multiorgan failure condition due to local and …

Background: The authors studied the effects on membrane lung carbon dioxide extraction
(VCO2ML), spontaneous ventilation, and energy expenditure (EE) of an innovative …

In the past the only option for the treatment of respiratory failure due to acute exacerbation of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (aeCOPD) was invasive mechanical ventilation. In …

Acidification of blood entering a membrane lung (ML) with lactic acid enhances CO 2
removal (VCO 2 ML). We compared the effects of infusion of acetic, citric, and lactic acids on …

Gas exchange capabilities of polymethylpentene membrane lungs (MLs) worsen over time.
ML deterioration is related to protein deposit and clot formation. Condensation and trapping …

Intermittent extracorporeal CO2 removal in chronic obstructi... : Current Opinion in Critical Care
Intermittent extracorporeal CO2 removal in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a …