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    Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is a form of extracorporeal life support, providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons whose...
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  • oxygenate the blood supply. A portable extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) device is used as an adjunct to standard CPR. A patient who is deemed to...
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  • extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). ELSO maintains a registry of both facilities and specialists trained to provide ECMO services. ELSO also maintains...
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    This ECMO Clinical Specialist may be the bedside critical care nurse specifically trained in ECMO patient and circuit management, or the ECMO system...
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    may be required to support breathing. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used to address the issue of respiratory failure. Existing drugs...
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    be used. If these are insufficient, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be an option. The syndrome is associated with a death rate between 35...
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    temporary heart/lung bypass machine, called ECMO, which stands for extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation. ECMO allows oxygen to be regulated into the blood...
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    bedside test that predicts IRDS at birth. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a potential treatment, providing oxygenation through an apparatus that...
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    Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Egleston, and placed on ECMO life-support. After spending 12 days on ECMO and 80 days in the hospital recovering, she was released...
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    moved gently. In severe hypothermia, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or cardiopulmonary bypass may be useful. In those without a pulse, cardiopulmonary...
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    complication of VA (veno-arterial) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). This involves differential hypoxemia (low oxygen levels in the blood) of...
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    may be required to support breathing. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used to address respiratory failure, but its benefits are still...
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    therapy, alemtuzumab, glucocorticoids) Radiation Major surgery Miscellaneous - ECMO, kidney or bone marrow transplant, hemodialysis, kidney failure, severe burns...
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    extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. Despite this, some institutions do not permit RRTs to provide ECMO support. For the registered respiratory...
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    extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be utilised in infants who fail to respond to ventilation therapy. While on ECMO, the body can have time to absorb...
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  • leading to hemodynamic collapse, cardiocirculatory support including VA-ECMO may be required. In high fever, temperature control is achieved with fever...
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    while ALS tends to refer to more specialized resuscitation care such as ECMO and PCI. In the EMS community, "ALS" may refer to the advanced care provided...
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    invasive mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). In Australia, it is approved for those aged four weeks of age and older...
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    state. He required a ventilator and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. It is stated that it was due to his age (74 years) and multiple...
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  • as a bridge to liver transplant, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) can serve as a bridge to lung transplant...
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    was the only medical center to use extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to treat patients with Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) during the Sin...
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    anomalous/single coronary artery, vascular ring, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) Adult surgical procedures may include: coronary artery bypass, aortic valve...
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  • patient care related to cardiac surgery, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and thoracic surgery, opened in 2010. HFAM 6 Orthopaedic Surgery - Opened...
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  • vascular surgery. ECLS modalities include: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) - for temporary support of patients with respiratory and/or cardiac failure...
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  • and treated him with dialysis and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). He was also enrolled into the clinical trial for the antiviral drug remdesivir...
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    invasive mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). In early March, President Trump directed the FDA to test certain medications...
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    lung disease, and in extreme cases, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can be used. Hyperbaric oxygen has been found useful for treating some forms...
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    critical care management of an ECMO patient commonly requires strict ventilator management in relation to the type of ECMO support used. In general, it...
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    Electronic Countermeasures Officers, though it was not uncommon for only two ECMOs to be used on missions. It was capable of carrying and firing anti-radiation...
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    machines; Examples: continuous dialysis CRRT, a intra-aortic balloon pump, ECMO. International guidelines recommend that every patient gets checked for delirium...
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