Dr. Robert H. Bartlett, a University of Michigan surgeon who helped pioneer a critical piece of life support technology, has ...

HCA Florida Memorial Hospital has been awarded the Silver Level Center on the Path to Excellence in Life Support Award by the ...

In ECMO, a machine pumps blood out of the body, sends it through devices that feed it oxygen, and then returns it to the body. It is typically a treatment of last resort and provided to patients who ...

ECMO is a form of temporary life support that acts as an artificial heart and lung for patients experiencing serious temporary cardiac and respiratory conditions. Blood is pumped outside of the body, ...

WARSAW - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), an advanced form of life support, has helped save the lives of some of the sickest COVID-19 patients. ECMO is essentially a pump with a device that ...

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Health systems in Minnesota and Nevada are getting more than $30 million in grants to support ECMO programs, which treat patients with severe heart and lung conditions A global philanthropy is ...

Cardiopulmonary bypass is a surgical procedure that uses a machine to perform the functions of the heart and lungs. It enables a surgeon to open and repair the heart without interrupting its essential ...