Healio

Use of ECMO as bridge to lung transplantation in children increased over time

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Becker's Hospital Review

Inside the growing use of ECMO in cardiac care

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is continuing to grow, with 77,542 patients in North America receiving the form of life support in the past five years, according to the ...
Nature

Successful primary use of VVDL+V ECMO with cephalic drain in neonatal respiratory failure

To describe the use of double-lumen venovenous (VVDL) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) with cephalic draining cannula (VVDL+V) as a primary approach for all neonatal respiratory diagnoses ...
EurekAlert!

Early use of ECMO devices did not improve outcomes in people with cardiogenic shock

DALLAS, Nov. 6, 2022 — The immediate use of veno-arterial mechanical circulatory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) devices to support adults with rapidly deteriorating or severe cardiogenic ...
BMJ Case Reports

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for pulmonary haemorrhage

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology has relative contraindications in haemorrhagic disease but remains an ...
MedPage Today

ECMO Has Become a Harder Sell in Severe COVID-19

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What is ECMO? The life-saving machine that gave one Georgia teen a second chance

Natalya Manhertz, once a thriving teen athlete, defied death through ECMO support after a rare infection led to sepsis, ...
Medscape

Avoid Routine Early ECMO in Severe Cardiogenic Shock: ECMO-CS

Routine early, expeditious use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a common strategy in patients with severe cardiogenic shock, but a less aggressive initial approach may be just as ...
TCTMD

Early ECMO No Better Than Watch-and-Wait Approach in Cardiogenic Shock

In patients with rapidly deteriorating or severe cardiogenic shock, immediate use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) does not improve outcomes over an initially conservative strategy with ...
TCTMD

ECMO Registry Data Show Progress in COVID-19

Around 60% of patients with COVID-19 who receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support survive to 90 days, according to registry data from 213 hospitals in 36 countries. The analysis, ...
News Medical

Early use of ECMO devices to support adults with cardiogenic shock did not improve clinical outcomes

The immediate use of veno-arterial mechanical circulatory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) devices to support adults with rapidly deteriorating or severe cardiogenic shock was feasible but ...