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Some patients with severe COVID-19 who are treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may experience significant lung recovery and return to normal lives with "meaningful" long-term outcomes, according to research published…

Nearly 90 percent of COVID-19 patients who qualified for, but did not receive, ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) due to a shortage of resources during the height of the pandemic died in the hospital, despite being young with few…

Published guidelines recommend against extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for morbidly obese COVID-19 patients in severe distress, but a Florida researcher said his center's…

The risk of dying while being treated for acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19 with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) -- often a last resort -- more than…

The life-support system called ECMO can rescue COVID-19 patients from the brink of death, but not at the rates seen early in the pandemic, a new international study finds. Where once about 60% of such patients survived at least 90 days in…

BILLINGS, Mont. — Nurses fill the hospital room to turn a patient from his stomach to his back. The ventilator forcing air into him is most effective when he’s on his stomach, so he is in that position most hours of the day,…

Hospital discharge day for Phoua Yang was more like a pep rally. On her way rolling out of TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, she teared up as streamers and confetti rained down on her. Nurses chanted…

'Use of ECMO is expected to increase exponentially both in India and internationally.'Many people struggled to breathe as the second wave of COVID-19 spread. As a result, doctors use Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (EMCO) as one of…

The device can take carbon dioxide out from the patient’s blood and then adds oxygen to it. Image: IEAs the second wave of Covid-19 has wreaked havoc in the country, many patients are facing an acute shortage of medical oxygen and ICU beds.…

Apart from being used for Coronavirus patients, the ECMO technique is also used for patients undergoing heart or lung transplant. (Credit: Thinkstock Images)In the past few weeks as the severe cases of Coronavirus suddenly increased,…