Over the last decade, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has rapidly become commonplace in critical care medicine, with veno-venous ECMO (VV ECMO) and veno-arterial ECMO (VA ECMO) representing ...

While reading the Summer 2023 issue of the University of Michigan Medical School alumni magazine, I came across a delightful article on Dr. Hannah Abraham, who had just received her MD and PhD degrees ...

Last October, the Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article that delved into the ethical considerations for hospitals due to the ever-improving outcomes being seen with Extracorporeal ...

He developed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, a treatment that can sustain patients whose hearts and lungs are failing — for days or weeks or longer. By Jeré Longman Robert H. Bartlett, a ...

ECMO is a life support system that can temporarily take over the work of the heart and lungs, providing the body with oxygen. It can allow the heart and lungs time to rest and heal. A person may ...