It was reported that the patient was put on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo) and blood was noted to be leaking from the gas exhaust port, mixed with condensate, 4 hours after initiation.The pump speed was 3470 rpm, blood flow was 3.5 lpm, gas flow was 4.0 lpm, inlet pressure was 222 mmhg, and outlet pressure was 175 mmhg.It was noted that there were no act/ptt values around the time of occurrence.There were no issues noted during priming of the oxygenator prior to support.The oxygenator was exchanged without complication and the patient did not have any adverse consequences as a result of the leak.
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