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Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with acute covid-19 associated respiratory failure: comparative effectiveness study

BMJ 2022; 377 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2021-068723 (Published 04 May 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;377:e068723

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Re: Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with acute covid-19 associated respiratory failure: comparative effectiveness study

Dear Editor

Having read this interesting article including its supplement, I could not discern the fraction of the 844 patients receiving ECMO treatment who actually fulfilled the criterion of PaO2/FiO2 < 80 mm Hg.
I would be most grateful for this information.

Competing interests: No competing interests

21 May 2022
Johann Reisinger
Intensivist
Ordensklinikum Linz Barmherzige Schwestern
Seilerstätte 4, 4010 Linz, Austria