In a perfect world, a patient suffering from cardiac arrest could get help for their heart without rushing into emergency surgery during an attack. Or someone in critical need of a life-saving lung or ...

Survival and neurological outcomes for patients in cardiac arrest can be improved by adding extracorporeal membrane oxygenation when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a study shows. A new ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - March 9, 2013 - The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), accompanied by mechanical CPR, in patients with massive myocardial infarctions can lead to unexpected survival.

Attendees are introduced to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and its broad applications. It is a well-established therapy, and its use is becoming more widespread. Most tertiary facilities ...

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is continuing to grow, with 77,542 patients in North America receiving the form of life support in the past five years, according to the ...

Extreme hyperoxia was associated with less favorable short-term neurologic outcomes in patients who underwent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A protocol with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-facilitated resuscitation improved survival in patients with ...

Compared with cardiac arrest patients assigned to conventional CPR, those assigned to receive extracorporeal CPR (eCPR) after arrival at the hospital had similar rates of survival with favorable ...

Using a walker, Owen Coulter, 5, travels down the hallway at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 7, determined to walk out of the hospital almost two months after ...