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    Neonatal Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

    Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been successfully used to treat acute respiratory failure (ARF) in over 1000 neonates since Dr. Bartlett’s pioneering efforts and his first survivor in 1975 [1]. ...

    J. C. Mercier, F. Laborde, F. Beaufils in Update 1988 (1988)

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    Pharmacology of Drugs in CPR

    Cardiac arrest results in cessation of organ perfusion. Circulatory standstill leads to immediate cellular ischemia, anoxia and finally death. The brain is the most rapidly damaged organ, already after 4 to 6 ...

    J. C. Mercier, J. F. Hartmann, F. Beaufils in Update 1988 (1988)