After complex heart surgery, their hearts failed: The 110-hour ECMO battle that saved two babies

Two infants, Rachel and Sweety, underwent complex heart surgeries at BM Birla Heart Hospital. Both babies' hearts failed to ...
KING5

How ECMO helps patients recover from major surgery or critical illness

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 ...
Healio

Survival rates, outcomes favorable for those given ECMO with neurosurgical intervention

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.
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Newborn with Congenital Pulmonary Malformation and Severely Enlarged Lung Successfully Undergoes ECMO-Assisted Surgery

A newborn who suffered from severe respiratory failure due to a congenital pulmonary malformation has recovered and been discharged after undergoing ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) assisted ...
Nature

Neonatal cerebral oximetry monitoring during ECMO cannulation

Neonates were monitored with a cerebral oximeter before, during, and after cannulation for ECMO to determine the direct effects of ligation of the right internal jugular vein and right carotid artery ...
Medscape

'Father of ECMO': When a Ventilator Isn't Enough

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. An early hallmark of pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 is severe refractory respiratory failure. Many ...
Los Angeles Times

Explaining ECMO and how it saves lives

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 ...