Breathing. That critical inhale/exhale operation of the lungs is something we often take for granted — until something goes wrong and respiratory problems result. The Center for Acute Respiratory ...

Every day we're hearing about the number of coronavirus cases in Australia, how many people are in hospital, in intensive care units and on ventilators. But there is another technique you may not have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is usually a last resort strategy for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but for cases from COVID-19 should it come sooner? Starting awake ECMO ...

Use of left atrial venoarterial cannulation during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation—a technique known as LAVA ECMO—appears to be a safe and feasible means of support for patients with cardiogenic ...

ECMO life support can be used when coronavirus patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome respond poorly to mechanical ventilation. Seriously ill coronavirus patients placed on extracorporeal ...

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a treatment option for critically ill patients with respiratory and cardiac failure, including those with COVID-19. ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane ...

While ventilator shortages have been largely averted in the U.S., this lifesaving therapy is scarce. How to choose which critically ill patients get it? By Sheri Fink During a surge of coronavirus ...

The rapid proliferation and adoption of extracorporeal therapies is driving a concomitant demand for professionals with greater experience with these technologies than they normally receive during a ...

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Indore (Madhya Pradesh): “In case of death of a pregnant woman in ICU, the doctors can save the baby by getting it delivered in four minutes. It becomes the priority of doctors to save the baby when ...