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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Recent medical advances, such as permissive hypercapnia, inhaled nitric oxide, and the use of oscillatory ventilation, have spared numerous patients from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), yet many ch...
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-saving technology that affords partial heart/lung bypass for extended periods. ECMO is a supportive rather than a therapeutic modality, as it provides suffi...
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
As of January 2003, more than 19,000 neonates (74% survival) and 4,800 paediatric patients (48% survival) have been treated with ECMO. In the neonatal population, MAS is the most common indication for ECMO and...