Consensus on the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during the perioperative period of lung transplantation

doi:10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2026.053

World Journal of Emergency Medicine ›› 2026, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (3): 209-214.doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2026.053

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Consensus on the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during the perioperative period of lung transplantation

Ganggui Zhu¹, Yongshan Xu¹, Xiucheng Yang², Huiru Lin¹, Huqiang Wan¹, Yu Zhou¹, Xianliang Jiang³, Chunxiao Hu⁴(), Jingyu Chen²(), Man Huang¹(), Lung Transplantation Group of Chinese Society of Organ Transplantation and Extracorporeal Life Support Branch of the Chinese Society of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology

¹ Department of General Intensive Care Unit, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310052, China
² Center for Lung Transplantation, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310052, China
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230001, China
⁴ Department of Transplant Anesthesiology, the Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi People's Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi 214023, China

Received:2026-01-10 Accepted:2026-04-06 Online:2026-05-19 Published:2026-05-01
Contact: Man Huang, Email: huangman@zju.edu.cn
Jingyu Chen, Email: chenjy9611@zju.edu.cn;
Chunxiao Hu, Email: huchunxiao91211@163.com;

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Ganggui Zhu, Yongshan Xu, Xiucheng Yang, Huiru Lin, Huqiang Wan, Yu Zhou, Xianliang Jiang, Chunxiao Hu, Jingyu Chen, Man Huang, Lung Transplantation Group of Chinese Society of Organ Transplantation and Extracorporeal Life Support Branch of the Chinese Society of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology . Consensus on the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during the perioperative period of lung transplantation[J]. World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2026, 17(3): 209-214.

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