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's ...

The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute has been designated a Platinum Level Center of Excellence by the Extracorporeal Life ...

Dallas-based Integration Health acquired Tennessee’s ECMO Advantage, creating a unified national leader in ECMO services, ...

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 ...

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 ...

WVU Medicine staff underwent a special training session on Monday as nurses and physician assistants participated in an immersive training simulation to practice working with the life-saving treatment ...

ECMO is a type of life support for people with severe heart and lung conditions. ECMO involves a machine that pumps your blood (when your heart can’t) and adds oxygen to it (when your lungs can’t). An ...

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In case of heart and/or lung failure, an ECMO machine can be used to maintain organ function for days or even weeks. Although extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology has advanced, its ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who underwent ECMO for COVID-19 pneumonia or non-COVID-19 pneumonia were balanced based on ...