Extracorporeal respiratory support in adults with severe respiratory failure

International Conference on Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine

April 24-25, 2017 Las Vegas, USA

Marc Gimenez

Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Pulm Respir Med

Abstract :

Aims:
1. Review of current evidence of VV-ECMO for severe respiratory failure.
2. Assessment of patient with severe respiratory failure
3. Indications and contraindications
4. Different clinical settings: Traumatic brain injury, asthma, ARDS
5. Outcomes

Biography :

Dr Marc Giménez-Milà undertook his postgraduate training in Anaesthesiology in Hospital Clínic of Barcelona (Spain) and his senior clinical fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge (UK). Currently he is working as a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Papworth providing Anaesthesia care for cardiothoracic procedures including heart and lung transplantation and also forms part of the Papworth Venovenous ECMO service. He published in peer-reviewed journals and is a member of editorial board of both ARC Journal of Anesthesiology and Current Updates in Anesthetics and Anesthesiology. He was awarded with the 2016 Fernando Vidal award from the Catalan Society of Pain (Barcelona, Spain). He holds the European Diploma of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (EDAIC), European Society of Cardiology accreditation for Transoesophageal echocardiography and is a Focused intensive care echocardiography (FICE) mentor.

Email: marc.gimenez@nhs.net