Extracorporeal Life Support for Adults

Dr. Schmidt’s investigative interests are in the areas of ICU ultrasound, sepsis therapy, ARDS, and judging the adequacy of volume replacement in patients in shock. With his former colleagues Jesse Hall and Lawrence D. H. Wood, he edits Principles of Critical Care (McGraw-Hill), now in its 4th edition. Clinical interests include extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), septic shock, bedside ultrasound to guide fluid management, and analysis of ventilator waveforms of pressure and flow.

“This multiauthored book describes applications of mechanical cardiopulmonary support in a variety of clinical conditions. … Physicians using ECLS, personnel providing technical support such as nurses, perfusionists, and respiratory therapists, and senior trainees considering ECLS in their practices are an appropriate audience for this book … . An excellent set of tables and illustrations have high didactic quality. … summary of core physiology and available evidence for various applications of this technique. … Providers using ECLS should have this book.” (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2016)

• Physiology of Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS), Matthew J. Brain, Warwick W. Butt, Graeme MacLaren.- Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: Evidence, Indications, Exclusions, Darryl Abrams, Matthew Bacchetta, Daniel Brodie.- Cardiogenic Shock: Evidence, Indications, Exclusions, Nicolas Bréchot, Alain Combes.- ECCO2R in Obstructive Diseases: Evidence, Indications, Exclusions, Lorenzo Del Sorbo, V. Marco Ranieri.- ECLS as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation, Christian Kuehn.- Modes of ECLS, L. Keith Scott, Benjamin Schmidt.- Vascular Access for ECLS, Steven A. Conrad.- Circuits, Membranes, and Pumps, Bradley H. Rosen.- Ventilator Management during ECLS, Antonio Pesenti, Giacomo Bellani, Giacomo Grasselli, Tommaso Mauri.- Daily Care on ECLS, Giles J. Peek.- Crises during ECLS, Cara L. Agerstrand, Linda B. Mongero, Darryl Abrams, Matthew Bacchetta, Daniel Brodie.- Mobilization during ECLS, Gregory A. Schmidt.- ECMO Weaning and Decannulation, Sundar Krishnan and Gregory A. Schmidt.- The Story of ECLS: History and Future, J. Ann Morris, Robert Pollock, Brittany A. Zwischenberger, Cherry Ballard-Croft, Joseph B. Zwischenberger.