Thursday, 16 February 2023

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO): Aspects, Indications, and Contraindications | Chapter 2 | Perspective of Recent Advances in Medical Research Vol. 10

 Extracorporeal sheath oxygenation (ECMO) is a type of circulatory support used in victims experiencing refractory cardiac and/or respiring failure. The basic role of such support search out provide adequate oxygenation to internal organs while managing the underlying pulmonary/cardiac pathologies. During extracorporeal support, the unmodified blood removed is decarboxylated, oxygenated, warmed, and introduced back into the circulation. ECMO support has a sort of indications and contraindications, and its administration requires expertise. Intensive care unit stick should be familiar accompanying ECMO in order to provide best choice care for precariously ill patients.


Author(s) Details:

Hussein Rabah,
Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, New York, USA.

Ali Rabah,
Beirut Cardiac institute, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Beirut, Lebanon.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/PRAMR-V10/article/view/9479

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