Emory, Georgia Tech, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta team up on kidney replacement devices for kids Nov 12, 2009
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) equipment is commonly used in neonatal intensive care units for newborns whose lungs can't work properly. Children requiring ECMO often have fluid overload and swelling ... The demand for ECMO has been rising because of H1N1 influenza, which in severe cases leads to respiratory failure. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
ERs hustling to keep up with H1N1 Oct 31, 2009
Intensive care units are also preparing for an increase in patients by tapping into reserve medical equipment, machines like the heart-lung device called ECMO or Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. ECMO helps the lungs heal faster by delivering small breaths into the lungs frequently, rather than large breaths less frequently. (CNN)
H1N1 Families Face Financial Challenges Oct 30, 2009
A machine called an ECMO is the big expense. It's a lifeline for the heart and lungs and requires two nurses in the room, around-the-clock. (CBS News)
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Pelosi vs. the "Nazi Pelosi" bullhorn people - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com. Pelosi vs. the "Nazi Pelosi" bullhorn people. (The Drudge Report)
H1N1: 'pushing hospitals to their limit' Oct 27, 2009
Some patients' lungs are in such bad shape that doctors bypass them using an advanced ventilation technique called ECMO, for extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation, which works something like the heart-lung machines that are used during heart surgery. The University of Michigan, which pioneered the technique, has started a national registry of H1N1 patients. (USA Today)
Click to read:H1N1's Links to Pneumonia Appear Clearer Oct 18, 2009
Some of the cases in Australia and New Zealand were so severe that doctors resorted to a much more aggressive, less commonly used treatment known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) ... "Our back was against the wall," Murphy said, adding that after the deaths of patients such as Hays his hospital is working to make ECMO available. (CBS News)
Swine-flu cases concern children's hospital Oct 18, 2009
She was hooked up to the ECMO machine, which helped stabilize her body and returned oxygen to her blood. She was taken off the machine this week and continues to recover. (AZCentral -- News)
Study provides clue to surviving influenza A/H1N1 Oct 13, 2009
The observational study, carried out by New Zealand and Australian flu investigators between June 1 and Aug. 31 this year, showed most patients who experienced respiratory failure after contracting influenza A survived if they were treated with extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a type of life support that adds oxygen to the blood. The study focused on 68 patients with severe influenza A associated acute respiratory distress, who received ECMO in 15 intensive care units across New... (Xinhuanet, China)
Most H1N1 patients with respiratory failure treated with oxygenating system survive illness Oct 13, 2009
Some patients developed severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and were treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), according to background information in the article ... ECMO is a type of life support that circulates blood through a system that adds oxygen ... ECMO was used for the patients in this study because they developed very low blood oxygen levels that developed rapidly despite standard ventilator (or respirator) settings. (EurekAlert!)
'Swine flu' mum airlifted to GB Oct 2, 2009
She gave birth at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald around ten days ago and needs a procedure known as Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) ... Mr McGimpsey said the hospital she has been transferred to in Leicester had the only "national ECMO unit for adults and provides these specialist services for patients across the UK" ... ECMO is a technique of providing both cardiac and respiratory support oxygen to patients. (BBC News -- UK)
Serious swine flu unit considered Sep 25, 2009
Nicola Sturgeon said an expert group was carrying out a study on providing procedures including extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). A seriously ill Scottish patient is currently receiving the treatment at the UK's only such unit in Leicester. (BBC News -- UK)
Mother's plea for platelet donors Sep 20, 2009
The baby was immediately placed on ventilation and then treated with an extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine for nine days at the Yorkhill children's hospital, which increased his chances of survival to 50. The ECMO process involves circulating the patient's blood outside the body and adding oxygen to it artificially, and the machine needs platelets to work. (BBC News -- UK)
Click to read:Two H1N1 Patients, Two Different Outcomes Sep 19, 2009
A machine called an ECMO may be her last hope. It oxygenates her blood, acting as her heart and lungs to give her sick body a fighting chance. (CBS News)
* US autopsies reveal H1N1 differences Sep 17, 2009
In Australias New South Wales state, one in seven patients critically ill with the new H1N1 strain received the procedure, known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO.. We have already used ECMO during the first wave of the pandemic with good effect, said Giles Peek, a surgeon at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, England, and lead author of the study, in a statement ... We are expecting ECMO to prove an invaluable weapon in the fight against the winter resurgence of the infection,... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Swine flu victim speaks of ordeal Sep 16, 2009
After her condition rapidly deteriorated and she slipped into a coma, doctors decided she required the bypass procedure known as extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). She was hooked up to the ECMO machine for almost two weeks ... There are only five dedicated adult ECMO beds in Britain, located at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester and none were available when she was struck down. (BBC News -- UK)
Pregnant Women's Vulnerability to Swine Flu Tied to Cell Infection-Fighter Sep 15, 2009
The investigation was prompted by a 28-year-old pregnant H1N1 patient who developed such severe breathing difficulties that she required her blood to be pumped through an artificial lung, a life-supporting procedure known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, Gordon said. Doctors questioned whether the patients complications were caused by an underlying immune disorder. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
McDonald House plans fundraisers Aug 27, 2009
"The main reason she came down here was that they have a machine called the ECMO machine that acts as an artificial lung," Mr. Aker said. Added Ms. Haynes: "She ended up not needing it, but she still had to stay in the hospital.". (The Augusta Chronicle)
* Swine flu claims third Taiwanese Aug 22, 2009
On Aug. 20, he was registered as a severe swine flu case and the hospital filed a request for an extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine with National Taiwan University Hospital. An ECMO and physicians from the hospital arrived in Taitung by helicopter at around 9:30pm on Thursday and began treatment, but the patient passed away at 1:30am yesterday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
'Best chance' for swine flu woman Jul 25, 2009
It is known as extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and involves a machine taking over the function of the patient's heart and lungs. The UK has a national ECMO unit in Leicester, to which Scottish patients would normally be sent ... " Dr Robert Masterton, executive medical director of NHS Ayrshire and Arran said: "Once an ECMO bed was identified in Sweden, our intensive care specialists worked closely with our Swedish colleagues to make sure the patient was stable before being... (BBC News -- UK)
Scots patient treated in Sweden Jul 24, 2009
The procedure is known as extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and involves a machine taking over the function of the patient's heart and lungs ... The UK has a national ECMO unit in Leicester, to which Scottish patients would normally be sent. (BBC News -- UK)
Swine flu warning as deaths increase Jul 14, 2009
Dr Herkes said extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, was considered a last-resort treatment, but staff were "throwing everything" at the patients because they were young and relatively healthy ... Brad Frankum, a general physician and immunologist at Campbelltown Hospital, said he had heard anecdotal reports that "more people than ever before" were being treated with ECMO this winter ... The deputy director-general of NSW Health, Tim Smyth, said yesterday five big hospitals in Sydney had... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Kersey named ACH ambassador Jun 3, 2009
Kase was placed on ECMO, a heart-lung bypass machine. Kases heart was failing, and he needed a heart transplant as soon as possible. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Pierce named Mother of the Year May 15, 2009
and within 48 hours after the surgery he had to go on a life support system known as ECMO. The doctors told them that ECMO was very risky and they had some touch choices to make ... Rory stayed on ECMO for five days but his problems were not over ... After he came off ECMO he developed infections that were totally unrelated to his condition. (Camden Chronicle, TN)
Chemical can reproduce complications for some patients May 1, 2009
To quantify the degree of CHX contamination of fluids, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions collected saline samples from IV bags and other commercially available bags, bypass circuits, ECMO circuits and dialysis circuits. CHX levels were measured using gas chromotography-mass spectrometry (GCMS). (EurekAlert!)
Letters to the Editor Apr 28, 2009
He has come off the ECMO machine, and was slated to come off of his ventilator. We will get to hear his voice for the first time in months. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Pa. hospital helping sickest children by air Mar 11, 2009
The Pittsburgh team is one of only a handful in the country skilled enough to transport the most critically ill babies and the complex heart-lung machines known as ECMO. ... It is rare for children in the U.S. to require ECMO, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ---- just a few hundred infants a year are put on ECMO around the country ... Wilford Hall has done 69 pediatric ECMO transports since its program started in 1986, said Maj. (North County Times)
Journal of Perinatology Feb 8, 2009
The ability to block in-utero pathways of meconium could prevent further deaths due to MAS. about the First International Conference for Muconium-induced Lung Injury and how new therapies like iNO and ECMO could help developing countries eliminate neonate fatalities. The latest NICU design standards and applications. (Nature News Service)
