Introduction to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Renewed interest in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support of critically ill patients has led to a large expansion of its use across the world. This article reviews the long history of ECMO and introduces the early pioneers. The idea of team planning and team work is introduced in this a...

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Published in:	Critical care clinics Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 763 - 766
Main Author:	Cavarocchi, Nicholas C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-10-2017
Subjects:	Adult Critical Illness ECMO Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - history Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - trends History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Multidisciplinary Team building ECMO Multidisciplinary Team building
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Summary:	Renewed interest in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support of critically ill patients has led to a large expansion of its use across the world. This article reviews the long history of ECMO and introduces the early pioneers. The idea of team planning and team work is introduced in this article. There is an emphasis on understanding that ECMO care varies across institutions but is slowly growing to more uniform protocols.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1
ISSN:	0749-0704 1557-8232
DOI:	10.1016/j.ccc.2017.06.001