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 | | Plasma prostanoids in neonates with pulmonary hypertension treated with conventional therapy and with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. | | | Elective extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an improved perioperative technique in the treatment of tracheal obstruction. | | | Pharmacokinetic changes during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: implications for drug therapy of neonates. |
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http://www.elso.med.umich.edu/WordForms/ELSOBibliography.doc
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| | eMedicine - Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation : Article by Sanjeev Aggarwal, MD |
| | Later, extracorporeal support began to be used as postoperative support in patients following cardiac surgery. | | | Evaluation of a pediatric patient for ECMO support is largely based on an assessment of the patient's condition and the institutional experience with pediatric ECMO. | | | Pressure monitors, which are placed before and after the oxygenator, measure the pressure of the circulating blood and are used to monitor for a dangerous rise in circuit pressure. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2895.htm
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| | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation AHealthyMe.com |
| | Because infants on ECMO may have been struggling with low oxygen levels before treatment, they may be at higher risk for developmental problems. | | | There are two types of ECMO: Venoarterial (V-A) ECMO supports the heart and lungs, and is used for patients with blood pressure or heart functioning problems in addition to respiratory problems. | | | Before ECMO is begun, the patient receives medication to ease pain and restrict movement. |
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http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/topic100586798
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| | Citebase - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory failure |
| | Abstract Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a technique for providing life support, in case the natural lungs are failing and are not able to maintain a sufficient oxygenation of the body's organ systems. | | | ECMO technique was an adaptation of conventional cardiopulmonary bypass technique and introduced into treatment of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the 1970s. | | | Improvement in arterial oxygenation with reduction of risk of pulmonary barotrauma in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome." Chest 104 889-898 |
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| | Extracorporeal Life Support |
| | A number of research projects are ongoing in the University of Michigan Cardiopulmonary Physiology and Extracorporeal Circulation Research Laboratory and include projects such as thrombogenicity in extracorporeal circulation, perfluorocarbon liquid ventilation, implantable prosthetic lung devices, pulmonary fibrosis in acute lung injury, and the development and evaluation of devices and techniques for prolonged extracorporeal circulation. | | | Adult patients undergoing extracorporeal life support are cared for in both the Surgical and Thoracic Intensive Care Units. | | | The team works in conjunction with the Surgical, Thoracic, Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care staff as well as the Divisions of Pediatric, Thoracic and General Surgery and the in the care of adult patients. |
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http://www.med.umich.edu/ecmo
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| | Science commentary: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation -- Berger 317 (7163): 916 -- BMJ |
| | Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is a technique for oxygenating blood outside the body which does away with the need for | | | The oxygenator has blood passing through it countercurrent to a flow of 100% oxygen, the blood and oxygen being separated | | | These babies may do well with more prolonged treatment. |
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http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/317/7163/916
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| | ECMO Center - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta |
| | Provides extracorporeal life support to critically ill patients in an ongoing effort to exceed the expectations of medical therapies available to our community. | | | These sophisticated heart and lung bypass machines assume a patient’s heart and lung functions allowing these organs to heal during some critical illnesses. | | | Ongoing research projects enable our team to continually provide quality care to our critically ill patients. |
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http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=795
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| | ECMO, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, 131 |
| | ECLS: extracorporeal life support- a general term including various ways to keep patients alive by pumping blood through machines outside the body; these machines take over for the part of the body that is failing. | | | IVOX: (intravascular oxygenator) this system is still under investigation. | | | ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) is a procedure to keep a patient alive, while the lungs are healing. |
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http://www.bluecrossma.com/common/en_US/medical_policies/131.htm
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| | Article #2505, Cardiac Dimensions During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation |
| | Objective: Our aim was to analyze left ventricular fractional shortening during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation under the influence of changing volume loading conditions induced by a ductal left-to-right shunt. | | | A greater decrease in fractional shortening was observed in the group with a ductal left-to-right shunt when compared to patients lacking the ductal shunt (p less than 0.006). | | | The diastolic diameter of the left ventricle also increased significantly during the membrane oxygenation in those patients with left-to-right ductal shunting. |
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http://www.perfusion.com/cgi-bin/absolutenm/templates/mobilearticledisplay.asp?articleid=2505
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| | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program |
| | The procedure, which oxygenates a baby's blood outside the body, allows lungs that were severely damaged, a chance to heal. | | | ECMO can be a life-saving therapy for those neonates suffering from meconium aspiration syndrome, pneumonia, or any critical neonatal pulmonary problems. | | | NAPS (Network for Apnea and Pediatric Sleep Evaluations) |
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http://www.jeffersonhospital.org/pediatrics/article4758.html
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| | CHEST: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and pulmonary disease |
| | Mechanical ventilation and positive end-expiratory pressure were utilized as treatment, but her condition continued to deteriorate and she sustained bilateral tension pneumothoraces. | | | Ultimately treatment was successful, and the patient was discharged home on day 58. | | | Four hours following tracheal intubation, venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was initiated. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0984/is_1_127/ai_n9474710
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| | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation |
| | Support and information for families of children, or individuals, who need or have been on ecmo (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) for severe meconium aspiration, chronic diaphragmatic hernia or strep b sepsis. | | | The above information is based upon information available through the "verified" date at the end of each listing. | | | Healthwise disclaims any liability for the decisions you make based on this information. |
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http://hw.healthdialog.com/kbase/shc/shc29emo.htm
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| | BCM Neonatology: Clinical - Programs: Nitric Oxide |
| | Baylor College of Medicine neonatologists participated in the first large trial, and our section treats more than 45 infants a year with inhaled nitric oxide (iNO). | | | FDA approval was based on the results of several large, randomized, controlled trials that demonstrated that the use of inhaled nitric oxide in newborns with hypoxemic respiratory failure improves oxygenation and reduces the need for ECMO (heart-lung bypass). | | | The etiologies of neonatal hypoxic respiratory failure that have been shown to respond to iNO include primary pulmonary hypertension, severe hyaline membrane disease, meconium aspiration, pneumonia, sepsis, and congenital diaphragmatic hernia. |
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| | Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Oxygenated blood is then returned to the patient. | | | It may therefore be life-saving for some patients. | | | In intensive care medicine, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a technique of providing both cardiac and respiratory supportoxygen to patients whose heart and lungs are so severely diseased that they can no longer serve their function. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracorporeal_membrane_oxygenation
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| | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) |
| | Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of a select population of neonates who are in a dying condition with intractable respiratory failure is considered medically necessary if the medical appropriateness criteria are met. | | | Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of other conditions / diseases and for children and adults is considered investigational. | | | Published data is inadequate to permit scientific conclusions regarding the application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the treatment of other conditions / diseases and for children or adults. |
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http://www.bcbst.com/MPManual/Extracorporeal_Membrane_Oxygenat.htm
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| | ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation |
| | Although more commonly used in the neonatal and pediatric populations, it is recognized as a useful approach in adult patients who have a combined cardiopulmonary pathologic process which does not respond to maximal medical treatment. | | | ECMO is the application of both cardiac and pulmonary support utilizing a mechanical pump, typically a centrifugal pump, and a membrane oxygenator. |
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http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/surgery/clin/ct/artheart/ecmo1.html
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| | OhioLINK ETD: Kazdan, David |
| | Acid/base chemistry control of the ECMO patient is also examined. | | | Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a well-established cardiopulmonary support technique, used most frequently intraoperatively (short-term) and in the neonatal intensive care unit setting (for up to two weeks). | | | The device serves as an artificial lung outside the body, separating a flowing blood phase from a flowing gas phase by an O |
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1060019332
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| | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - Advanced Medical Resources |
| | Neonatal EMCO is well-studied, professionally represented and patient information is data based at the national level. | | | The use of extracorporeal circuits to provide cardiac or respiratory support to older patients is data based in/at Oregon. | | | Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or (ECMO) is a general acronym describing the long term use of an artificial blood oxygenator in an extracorporeal circuit to support or replace a newborn’s undeveloped or failing lungs, or a pediatric or adult patient’s damaged, infected, or failing lungs to allow treatment and healing. |
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| | Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults |
| | Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is indicated for respiratory or cardiac failure unresponsive to all other measures, but considered to have a reversible cause. | | | Consent - procedures for which the benefits and risks are uncertain | | | It involves connecting the internal circulation to an external blood pump and artificial lung. |
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| | Heart Assist Device: ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Machine) |
| | ECMO can be used for patients in heart failure and in patients who cannot get enough oxygen to their body through their lungs. | | | The ECMO circuit is literally a temporary artificial lung and heart that is modeled on the heart-lung bypass machine used for open-heart surgery. | | | Heart Assist Device: ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Machine) |
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| | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| | Memorial is one of only a few hospitals worldwide utilizing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe heart and lung conditions. | | | The youngest and tiniest babies are treated in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where a team of neonatologists and specialized nursing, respiratory and support professionals provides advanced, specialty care. |
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| | The Family Village / Library / Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation |
| | This list is for parents, friends and families of children who are or have been on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). | | | Topics available for discussion could be long term effects, mutual support and patient updates among other things. | | | The Family Village / Library / Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation |
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http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_ecmo.htm
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