Patients with severe COVID-19 who require venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) support can, if carefully selected and managed, obtain “exceptional survival” approaching 87% at 1 ...

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Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- mostly from COVID -- get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

(UPDATED) In the race to save lives, physicians have turned to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and, more rarely, other forms of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) to overcome lung and ...

Patients with severe Covid-19, if treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), may see a major improvement in lung recovery, making their return to normal lives much faster, a study, ...

Packed red blood cell transfusion improved survival among adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation when using a hemoglobin threshold of less ...

Some patients with severe COVID-19 who are treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may experience significant lung recovery and return to normal lives with 'meaningful' long-term ...

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 ...

To describe the use of double-lumen venovenous (VVDL) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) with cephalic draining cannula (VVDL+V) as a primary approach for all neonatal respiratory diagnoses ...