Learn how ECMO supports the heart and lungs during critical illness. Explore how it works, when it's used, its benefits, ...

Older adults not previously listed for transplant who were bridged to transplant via extracorporeal membrane oxygenation showed favorable survival rates and allograft function up to 5 years later, ...

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A study including data from more than 2 million patients highlights gender, health insurance, and income disparities in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) while hospitalized ...

A National Institutes of Health-supported study suggests that adults with obesity may benefit from the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), an advanced form of breathing support, when in ...

The calcium-sensitizing inotrope was of no help weaning patients off venoarterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

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 ...

France: A major randomized clinical trial published in JAMA has found that early administration of levosimendan does not ...

A notable proportion of patients receiving veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for acute respiratory failure developed acute kidney injury (AKI), likely due to the greater severity ...

Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- mostly from COVID -- get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

Platform simplifies life support, making life-saving technology more accessible to hospitals and critically ill patients The LifeSPARC pump and controller system simplifies ECMO to ensure that ...