ECMO or ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation is fast becoming an essential service to bail out patients who are suffering from life threatening cardio respiratory failure. With the growing cases of ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a short-term device that provides support to vital organs when the heart and lungs are failing. An ECMO machine runs 24 hours a day. It allows blood to ...

Have we ever been more aware of what it means to breathe? To fill our lungs with air, feel our chests expand and know that something so ordinary and commonplace is now — especially now — nothing to ...

Intensive Care Unit, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Neurodevelopment and Cognitive Disorders, National Clinical Research ...

Registry data reaffirmed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a reasonable strategy for COVID-19 patients with severe respiratory problems, with most survivors discharged home and several ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. U.S. hospitalizations requiring ECMO totaled $908 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic ventilators were in short supply. Now a different treatment is in demand for the sickest of Covid patients. ECMO therapy is a last-resort ...

ECMO use in cystic fibrosis with severe respiratory failure showed limited survival, highlighting the need for cautious clinical decision-making. Researchers conducted a retrospective study published ...

It has been called life support of the last resort, and during the pandemic ECMO, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, has helped pull some critically ill patients back from the brink of death. But ...