First report about a successful ECLS implantation and subsequent helicopter transfer of a super obese patient with a BMI of 78 kg/m2

Jana Balcova; Naveen G Nagaraj; Marco Maggiorini; Roland Albrecht; Markus J Wilhelm; Francesco Maisano; Diana Reser

doi:10.1007/s11748-020-01358-7

First report about a successful ECLS implantation and subsequent helicopter transfer of a super obese patient with a BMI of 78 kg/m²

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Dec;68(12):1506-1508. doi: 10.1007/s11748-020-01358-7. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

Authors

Jana Balcova¹, Naveen G Nagaraj², Marco Maggiorini³, Roland Albrecht⁴, Markus J Wilhelm², Francesco Maisano², Diana Reser²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. jana.balcova@usz.ch.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
³ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

PMID: 32323123
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-020-01358-7

Abstract

Our tertiary center provides 24/7 ECMO implantation and transport service nationwide. In 2018, 150 ECLS/ECMO were implanted, and 40 patients were transported on ECLS/ECMO. In this report, we describe a successful veno-arterial ECLS implantation in a super obese (BMI 78 kg/m²) 50-year-old female patient at a primary care hospital with subsequent helicopter transfer to our tertiary center.

Keywords: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Helicopter transfer; Super obesity.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aircraft
Body Mass Index
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Obesity