The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for both respiratory and cardiac
failure in adults is evolving rapidly. Advances in technology and accumulating data are …

Abstract The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry has collected outcome data
of almost 56,000 patients receiving extracorporeal life support (ECLS) over the last 24 years …

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used increasingly for both
respiratory and cardiac failure in adult patients. Indications for ECMO use in cardiac failure …

Purpose The association between extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) use and
the development of thrombocytopenia is widely presumed yet weakly demonstrated. We …

Early mobilization of critically ill patients is increasingly being recognized as not only safe
and feasible, but also as a potential means of optimizing outcomes in the intensive care unit …

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the field of lung
transplantation has rapidly expanded over the past 30 years. It has become an important …

The influenza H1N1 epidemics in 2009 led a substantial number of people to develop
severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and refractory hypoxemia. In these patients …

Lung-protective ventilation strategies are the current standard of care for patients with acute
respiratory distress syndrome in an effort to provide adequate ventilatory requirements while …

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is becoming a common procedure to
support patients with severe cardio‐circulatory or respiratory failure as well as in case of …

Background Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) describes the use of blood perfusion devices
to provide advanced cardiac or respiratory support. Advances in percutaneous vascular …