• DOI:10.14797/mdcj-14-2-110
Corpus ID: 49704707

The Role and Impact of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Critical Care.

@article{Ratnani2018TheRA,
  title={The Role and Impact of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Critical Care.},
  author={I. Ratnani and D. Tuazon and A. Zainab and Faisal S. Uddin},
  journal={Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal},
  year={2018},
  volume={14 2},
  pages={
          110-119
        }
}

I. Ratnani, D. Tuazon, +1 author Faisal S. Uddin

Published 2018

Medicine

Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal

Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been exponentially increasing over the last decade and is now considered a mainstream lifesaving treatment modality in critical care medicine. However, the need for physician education, training, and experience remains imperative. Although ECMO has traditionally been used in end-stage lung disease and circulatory collapse, it is being adopted for use in right heart failure, as a bridge to heart and lung transplantation, and as rescue therapy… CONTINUE READING

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