Chinese expert consensus on cerebral monitoring in patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

With the significant increase in the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with severe respiratory failure, cardiogenic shock, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, complications related to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation are increasingly being taken seriously. Cerebral injury is one of the most serious complications during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment, and is an important factor affecting the hospital mortality rate and long-term quality of life. Due to the use of analgesics, sedatives, and muscle relaxants interfering with neurological physical examination results, cerebral injury that occurs during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy is not easily detected in a timely manner. Therefore, bedside cerebral monitoring has important value in quickly detecting cerebral injury in patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and providing early intervention guidance. Therefore, Extracorporeal Life Support Professional Committee of Chinese Medical Doctor Association organized relevant experts across the country to develop the"Chinese expert consensus on cerebral monitoring in patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation", this expert consensus is based on the pathological and physiological mechanisms of cerebral injury in patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. It is based on the current application status of cerebral monitoring technologies such as neurological physical examination, plasma brain injury biomarkers, brain imaging, intracranial pressure, cerebral blood flow, brain oxygen, electroencephalogram, and somatosensory evoked potential. Combining the special clinical application scenarios of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and integrating the latest evidence-based medical evidence, we have formed 15 consensus recommendations which can be referenced by professionals in critical care medicine, neurology, cardiovascular disease, respiratory and critical care, emergency medicine, and other fields. Given the particularity, complexity, and individual differences of critically ill patients, the recommendations formed by this expert consensus need to implement personalized strategies.