Early vs Late Initiation of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Protocol for a Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Study

Alice Bernard   ¹ , MD ;   Helene Haeberle   ¹ , MD, Prof Dr Med ;   Valbona Mirakaj   ¹ , MD, Prof Dr Med ;   Manola Zago   ² , PhD ;   Michael Koeppen   ¹ , MD, Prof Dr Med ;   Christina-Katharina Fodi   ¹ , MD ;   Peter Martus   ³ , PhD, Prof Dr ;   Peter Rosenberger   ¹ , MD, Prof Dr Med

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany

² Center for Clinical Studies, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany

³ Institute for Clinical Epidemiology und Applied Biostatistics, Eberhard-Karls University, Tübingen, Germany