Complications of ECMO
Complications of using ECMO can generally be divided into major and minor complications. They can be classified into various categories; inflammatory response, limb ischemia, anticoagulation-related and infections. Major complications poses a significant threat to the patient’s life such as sepsis and intracranial haemorrhage, while minor complications such as bleeding around the cannula sites could occur at an early stage but may progress to more adverse events if appropriate action is not taken to correct them. Table 6 is a summary of such complications.