NORTHWESTERN TRAINING SMALLER HOSPITALS ON ECMO: The pandemic shed light on the usefulness of, and lack of access to, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or extracorporeal life support. It ...

ECMO therapy is a last-resort treatment used when ventilators fail, and its use is rising across America as younger patients fill Intensive Care Units.

Starting awake ECMO prior to intubation for severe COVID-19 has been tried by a group led by Jeffrey DellaVolpe, MD, medical director of the adult ECMO program at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio.

When I first heard of a machine that performed this function and kept patients, especially COVID-19 patients, alive for weeks, I had to learn more. It goes by the name ECMO — for the process ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a treatment that adds oxygen to your blood and pumps it through your body. Learn how it works, when you might need it, and what to expect.

ECMO, or extra-corporeal (outside of the body) membrane (in the machine) oxygenation (providing oxygen), is an invasive therapy used for patients whose lungs are so damaged that ventilation via a ...

ECMO machines are one of the many tools being used to fight against COVID in mid-state hospitals, and they're being used more than ever right now as the delta variant surges.

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 ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO is a potentially lifesaving procedure that can temporarily perform the work of the heart and lungs.

Meeting Coverage > CHEST ECMO Has Become a Harder Sell in Severe COVID-19 — Studies show decreased use, cast doubt on clinical benefit by Nicole Lou, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today October ...