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https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2025.66.419
Healthcare professionals’ views on training, standards, and resources for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a cross-sectional survey
Bekzhan A. Permenov
; Department of Cardiac Surgery Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Heart Center Shymkent, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Olena Zimba
; Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Internal Medicine, University Hospital in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
Marlen Yessirkepov
; Center for Life and Health Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Darkhan Suigenbayev
; Heart Center Shymkent, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Burhan Fatih Kocyigit
; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Health Sciences, Adana City Research and Training Hospital, Adana, Turkey
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Sažetak
Aim To assess health care professionals’ knowledge and
opinions regarding extracorporeal membrane oxygen
ation (ECMO) use, training, standards, and resource avail
ability.
Methods This cross-sectional study employed an online
self-administered survey to evaluate health care profes
sionals’ knowledge and opinions concerning ECMO proce
dures. The survey consisted of multiple-choice and open
ended questions inquiring about demographics, ECMO
practices, training and certification experiences, ECMO use
during the COVID-19 pandemic, and obstacles to ECMO
implementation.
Results The study enrolled 89 health care professionals
from 12 countries. The respondents were most frequently
from Kazakhstan (67.4%), Turkey (5.6%), Croatia (5.6%), and
Ukraine (5.6%). Notably, 61.8% of respondents supported
ECMO procedures performed by certified specialists. The
respondents believed that the main ECMO indications were
respiratory failure (83.1%), cardiopulmonary failure (69.6%),
heart and lung transplantation (64.1%), and cardiogenic
shock (58.4%). Major obstacles to ECMO implementation
were reported to be high costs (53.9%), inadequately quali
fied staff (52.8% for physicians, 41.6% for nurses), and re
stricted availability of ECMO devices (42.7%).
Conclusion The findings emphasize the need for stan
dardized training, wider availability of ECMO standards,
and efforts to address resource-related barriers to ECMO
access. Our results primarily reflect practices in Kazakhstan
and should be interpreted in light of the study’s restricted
geographical coverage.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
352561
URI
Datum izdavanja:
21.12.2025.
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