ECMO.........WAS YOUR CHILD ON ECMO AND IF SO HOW LONG.....caleb - TopicsExpress



          

ECMO.........WAS YOUR CHILD ON ECMO AND IF SO HOW LONG.....caleb was not on ecmo but so close to it|brandy .In intensive care medicine,extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is anextracorporeal technique of providing both cardiac andrespiratory support oxygen to patients whose heart and lungsare so severely diseased or damaged that they can no longer serve their function. Initialcannulation of a patient receiving ECMO is performed by a surgeonand maintenance of the patient is the responsibility of the ECMO specialist who gives 24/7 monitoring care for the duration of the ECMO treatment.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 02:54:52 +0000

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