1 Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
3 Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
4 Keenan Research Center, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
5 Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
6 Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
7 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
8 Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
9 Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, University Pierre and Marie Curie, 1166-ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France.
10 Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris France Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
11 Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
12 Center for Acute Respiratory Failure, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
This cross-sectional study evaluates reports of patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation published in online media to systematically assess how mortality and disability attributed to this therapy were portrayed.