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Drug therapies in neonates and children during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

@inproceedings{Wildschut2010DrugTI,
  title={Drug therapies in neonates and children during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)},
  author={Enno D Wildschut},
  year={2010}
}

Enno D Wildschut

Published 2010

Medicine

__Abstract__ Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) or extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a technique for providing life support in severe but potentially reversible cardiorespiratory failure in patients with an expected mortality greater than 80%. First pioneered in cardiopulmonary bypass during cardiac surgery, ECLS has been used as prolonged cardiopulmonary support in neonates since 1976. It has been shown to have a survival benefit in neonates and adults. Increasingly ECMO… CONTINUE READING

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