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 ...

Last October, the Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article that delved into the ethical considerations for hospitals due to the ever-improving outcomes being seen with Extracorporeal ...

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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study analyzed 24 individuals hospitalized for neurologic procedures who underwent ECMO.

SEATTLE — Providence Swedish is one of a few hospitals with an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program in the state of Washington. “We are able to essentially shuttle the patient’s blood ...

A multidisciplinary clinical team led by Professor Bernat Soria from the Institute of Bioengineering at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH, Spain) has developed a new method to deliver cell ...

It’s a machine the size of a breadbox, but it’s making an enormous difference for patients at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center. Now, the center is expanding what’s known as its ...

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is saving more lives in the Baton Rouge region with the use of a complex medical therapy that is only available at four hospitals in Louisiana. Last year, ...