A recent study by Koichi Kashiwa et al., published in the Journal of Extracorporeal Technology, investigated the relationship between inflammatory parameters, mainly white blood cell (WBC) counts, and the need for increased dosages of unfractionated heparin (UFH) during veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) in lung transplantation. The retrospective observational study included 27 patients who…