INTRODUCTION: Recent advances in technology and protocols have made the use of
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) a viable rescue therapy for patients with …

Conventionally, a substantial number of patients with acute respiratory failure require
mechanical ventilation (MV) to avert catastrophe of hypoxemia and hypercapnia. However …

Objective: To examine the outcomes of prolonged (≥ 14 days) extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation (P-ECMO) for adult severe respiratory failure and to assess characteristics …

Objective Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used with increasing
frequency for respiratory failure that is unresponsive to conventional therapy. We examined …

OBJECTIVES: To report outcomes of immunocompromised patients treated with
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe acute respiratory distress …

Before widespread diffusion of VV-ECMO for severe ARDS, new trials should test the
efficacy of early initiation of the technique with tight control of mechanical ventilation in the …

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe acute respiratory
failure (ARF) in adults is growing rapidly given recent advances in technology, even though …

BACKGROUND Reports documenting the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
(ECMO) after blunt thoracic trauma are scarce. We used a large, multicenter database to …

Objective: To review the principles of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and to
describe the recent advancements in ECMO technology that permit use of this rescue …

The latest generation of ECMO systems is more biocompatible, better performing and longer
lasting. Although recent studies suggested that veno-venous ECMO might improve the …