Guest: Philip J. Spencer, M.D.
Host: Malcolm R. Bell, M.D.
Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenation is a mechanical life assist used for extreme coronary heart, lung or coronary heart and lung failure. Over the final decade it has grown massively in use to assist us assist our most unwell sufferers to vacation spot remedy or restoration.
Topics Discussed:
Describe a number of the historical past of ECMO to clarify how we acquired to current day use.
Please describe some key variations in venoarterial and venovenous ECMO? What makes them totally different from a technical standpoint and the way are they used in another way for our sufferers?
There has been some controversy not too long ago as to using ECMO and survival. Can you describe the place this controversy is coming from and the way we predict ECMO can actually make a distinction in survival for sufferers?
