Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Also written as ECMO.

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO): Consider for refractory severe ARDS in specialised centres.

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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO): Consider for refractory severe ARDS in specialised centres. (Pulmonary oedema and ARDS)
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), Filariases, 114–115\n27b Filiform warts, 705 (Davidson's Essentials of Medicine - 2nd)
Also, lung-replacement therapy with\nfluid and the loss of surfactant can lead to a marked extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), which\nreduction of lung compliance. (Harrisons Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
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Surfactant use does not appear to affect mortality rates, it may reduce the severity of disease, progression to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) utilization, and decrease the length of hospital stay. (Meconium Aspiration Syndrome)
gastric bubble can be confirmed by placement of a nasogastric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in CDH (Devendra K. Gupta, Krishna M. Goel - Hutchison’s Paediatrics. chdhe-Jaypee Broth)