ELSO - Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

06/02/2026

📖 Additional Mechanical Circulatory Support by Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Jayne Sheldrake, and Roberto Lorusso! Chapter 21 describes indications & management of temporary non- MCS devices implanted during VA
🫀 Indications and strategies for LV unloading
🫀 & ECPELLA
🫀 device positioning and management
🫀 intra-aortic balloon pump IABP
📘 The Blue Book: the latest edition of the ELSO Specialist Training Manual is available in the ELSO online bookstore!
🛒 bit.ly/ELSObooks

06/01/2026

🫀Left Ventricular venting in children with myocarditis requiring VA ?? Case series describing percutaneous LV venting technique in 3 pediatric patients with fulminant myocarditis using pigtail catheter retrogradely inserted into LV. Effective unloading achieved in all patients, allowing successful weaning from . One patient developed limb ischemia requiring DPC; no additional catheter-related complications occurred. This approach appears to be a feasible and less invasive option, providing technical simplicity and reducing surgical burden and bleeding risk.
ASAIO Journal
🖇️ https://bit.ly/4o75MzI

05/30/2026

📆 May 8th, 2026 was our first Global Team Day
📸 Send us pictures of you & your team celebrating... We'd love to hear how teams around the world recognized this day, set to honor ELSO's Founder, Dr. Bartlett on his birthday.
You will have the chance to be featured in the ELSO June Newsletter!!
📆 Deadline June 12, 2026
Send all to 📬 [email protected]

05/29/2026

- 2️⃣0️⃣ DAYS!! Deadline for abstracts submission uis June 17, 2026 ⏰ NO extensions
All accepted abstracts will be published as a supplement in ASAIO Journal and will available in the ELSO Conference App. Select abstracts may be presented live during the conference 🎤.
Relentless curiosity... this the theme of the 37th annual conference of the ELSO - Extracorporeal Life Support Organization. Save the date!
📆 Pre-Conference: September 28 (separate registration required)
📆 Main Conference: September 29 - October 1, 2026
📌 Ga***rd Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, TN
Registrations are open:
🖇️ https://bit.ly/ELSO2026

05/28/2026

🎥 Recordings of the webinar; ELSO Registry Development Committee Q&A session #2️⃣ is now available free open access on our YouTube channel!
❓ Entering data to the Registry
❓ Data Definitions
🛟 Registry support
🔮 Future updates
☎️ Connecting with the Registry Development Committee
🔓 https://youtu.be/qoELY5ofrOk

05/27/2026

Kinetics of sevoflurane vaporized directly in membrane lung
🔬ex-vivo trials using circuits primed with Ringer’s lactate; sevoflurane vaporized at concentrations of 1–8% with SGF of 1–10 L/min.
💨 sevoflurane effectively crossed PMP membranes, rapidly reaching reproducible peak concentrations to values consistent with clinical targets for deep sedation; clearance increased significantly with higher SGF
⚠️ environmental concentrations well below occupational safety thresholds
Delivering sevoflurane vaporized directly into ECMO circuits feasible/safe alternative sedative strategy. These results provide a robust foundation for translating this into pilot clinical trial aimed at optimizing ECMO sedation with inhaled sevoflurane in patients with severe ARDS.
Open access
🔓 https://rdcu.be/fk2xq

05/26/2026

📖 Advanced ECLS configurations by Whitney D. Gannon, Vincent Pellegrino, Amy Johansen, Marc O. Maybauer, Roberto Lorusso, Jan Bělohlávek, Giles J. Peek! Chapter 20 is focused on advanced strategies of support!
📋 definitions and terminology
🩺 common clinical scenarios
🫁 🫀 combined acute respiratory and cardiac failure
🫁 hypoxemia during VV ECMO
🫁 🫀 veno- pulmonary ECMO
🫀 left ventricular distension
🫀 ECLS following implantation of a durable
🧫 transthoracic cannulation for in children
🫁 multisite VV ECMO in babies
📘 The Blue Book: the latest edition of the ELSO Specialist Training Manual is available in the ELSO online bookstore!
🛒 bit.ly/ELSObooks

05/25/2026

ExtracorporeaL life support and Modification Of Hemostasis, ELMOH trial:
🩸 prospective multicenter cohort study aimed to characterize standard coagulation tests & viscoelastic profiles during first 48 h of
🔍 4 Belgian 🇧🇪 ICUs, 43 adults initiated on VV or VA ECMO enrolled immediately before cannulation and sampled at inclusion, + 2, 24, 48 h
Early hemostatic profiles differed markedly between patients requiring ECMO for circulatory vs isolated respiratory failure:
🫀 VA patients showed lower PLT counts, more hypocoagulable profile, higher bleeding incidence early after initiation, partially improved within 48 h
🫁 VV showed stable and relatively hypercoagulable profile
Close individualized hemostatic monitoring and anticoagulation management pivotal to optimize outcomes in this high-risk population.
Open access
🔓 https://rdcu.be/fkyDT

05/23/2026

05/22/2026

FLIGHT-to-ECPR study: Helicopter-EMS-facilitated hospital-based pathway to expand rural access to in cardiac arrest?? Geographic constraints frequently extend the 60' low-flow time interval in rural settings!
🚁 45 adults (18–75 years) with refractory VF/VT OHCA meeting eligibility criteria underwent FLIGHT activation, Aug 2021 - Dec 2025
🩸 60% received ECPR, low-flow = 85.9'±29.3
🫀 83.7% witnessed arrests, 69% received bystander CPR
⏱️ 9-1-1–to–hospital arrival time 70'±18; HEMS scene & flight times 18'±11 & 18'±6
🧠 overall favourable neurologic survival (CPC 1-2) 33.3%: 25.9% in ECPR group, 44.4% in non-cannulated patients achieving ROSC or meeting termination criteria
In matched ECPR patients, similar low-flow times, with identical favourable survival. No differences in cannulation performance, run duration, LoS.
HEMS-facilitated strategy feasible and safely expands access to advanced resuscitation beyond traditional urban catchment areas, while preserving outcomes comparable to standard ground-transport ECPR, without evidence of harm among patients not undergoing cannulation. Geography alone should not preclude ECPR when timely reperfusion can be maintained.
Center for Resuscitation Medicine
🔓 https://bit.ly/3PAaOI4