Intensive Care Unit

ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Referral FORM

Fax 01480 364898

Please contact ECMO Coordinator at Papworth (01480 830541) to inform of fax being sent

Date: ______ Time: ______

Patient demographics:

Patient’s first name: ______Patient’s last name: ______

Date of birth: ___ / ___ / _____ NHS Number: ______

Gender: M / F

Body weight: ___ kg and Height: _____ cm or BMI: _____ Kg/ m2

ECMO requested by:

Doctor’s name: ______Grade: ______

Hospital:______

Unit: ______

Direct Tel: ______Bleep: ______

Mobile Tel: ______

Reasons for referral (in brief): ______

______

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ECMO inclusion/exclusion checks (any deviation from criteria will be discussed and clinical sense will prevail).

Inclusion criteria:

Potentially reversible respiratory failure Yes/ No

Severe respiratory failure, defined as a Murray score score ≥ 3 Yes / No

Or

Uncompensated hypercapnoea with a pH < 7.20 Yes / No

Relative exclusion criteria:

High-pressure ventilation (plateau pressure > 30 cm H2O) for > 10 days Yes / No

High FIO2 requirements (>0.8) for > 10 days Yes / No

Limited vascular access Yes / No

Any condition or organ dysfunction that would limit the likelihood of overall benefit from ECMO (e.g. such as severe, irreversible brain injury or untreatable metastatic cancer) Yes / No

Any condition that precludes the use of anticoagulants Yes / No

Other elements relative to patient’s general status:

Infection and barrier nursing status (e.g. MRSA, C. Diff): ______

Known allergies: ______

Known or suspected pregnancy Yes / No

Blood transfusion limitations (e.g. for religion, antibodies reasons) Yes / No

Severe immunosuppression Yes / No If yes, give reasons: ______

Respiratory failure resulting of:

1st diagnosis: ______Suspicion  Proven  Reversible 

If appropriate:

2nd diagnosis: ______Suspicion  Proven  Reversible 

3rd diagnosis: ______Suspicion Proven  Reversible 

Underlying respiratory function:

Known underlying respiratory disease: Yes / No -- If yes, please give details:______

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Current respiratory status:

Number of days intubated: ______

Last ventilation parameters: Fi02 ____% Peep ____ cmH2O Plateau pressure ____cmH2O Last ABG: pH ____ PO2 ____ kPa PCO2 _____ kPa Lactates ______mmol/L

Treatment tried: Steroids  Inhaled vasodilatators higher levels of PEEP  Lung-recruitment manoeuvres  Prone position  Oscillatory ventilation 

Organ function “check-list”:

Ongoing drugs:______

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Cardiac function:

Known previous cardiac pathology? Yes / No -- If yes, please details:______

______

TTE/TOE done? Main findings: ______

Renal function:

Last creatinine: ______CVVH: Yes / No

Known previous renal pathology? Yes / No -- If yes, please details:______

______

Hepatic function:

Known previous hepatic pathology? Yes / No -- If yes, please details:______

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Neurological status:

Known previous neurological pathology? Yes / No -- If yes, please details:______

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Consent:

Any known or suspected objection for ECMO from the patient or next of kin: Yes / No

If our team is coming:

When is most convenient for our team to arrive? ___ / ___ / ____time: ___ h ___ min

Is access possible to the theatre with anaesthetic support? Yes / No

Can we have access to a C-arm and radiographer in ICU or theatre? Yes / No

Can you have 2 units of RBC cross-matched for our arrival? Yes / No

Can you order 1 unit of platelets if platelet count < 100,000 Yes / No

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