ECMO is a life support system that can temporarily take over the work of the heart and lungs, providing the body with oxygen. It can allow the heart and lungs time to rest and heal. A person may ...

The recent rise in cases of severe cardio-respiratory failure has spurred the medical community to explore advanced life-support techniques, including Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). In ...

Every day we're hearing about the number of coronavirus cases in Australia, how many people are in hospital, in intensive care units and on ventilators. But there is another technique you may not have ...

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 ...

Use of left atrial venoarterial cannulation during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation—a technique known as LAVA ECMO—appears to be a safe and feasible means of support for patients with cardiogenic ...

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 ...

The latest miracle machine in modern medicine – whose use has skyrocketed in recent years – is saving people from the brink of death: adults whose lungs have been ravaged by the flu; a trucker who was ...

Many extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients experienced long-term neuropsychiatric symptoms, cognitive impairment, or functional impairment, a meta-analysis found. Fully 41% of ECMO ...

Grant McIntyre does not remember anything for 50 days while he was receiving ECMO treatment When Grant McIntyre was admitted to intensive care, seriously ill with Covid-19, the help of a ventilator ...