* NTU doctors find better technique for cardiac arrests Jul 20, 2008
A Taiwan medical research team reported that the survival rate of patients who receive emergency treatment using the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) life-support system is twice as high as among those who are given conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) alone. The study, conducted by a group of physicians at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) on patients aged 18 years old to 75 years old between 2004 and 2006, assessed the effects of ECMO after in-hospital cardiac... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Little-Used Device Gives Life to Boy With Failing... Jul 13, 2008
Doctors immediately placed him on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, which provides cardiac and respiratory support to patients whose heart and lungs are no longer functioning. There's only a limited amount of time you can safely support a patient on ECMO, and that's about two to three weeks maximum, Joashi said. (Fox News)
/R E P E A T -- Media alert - On behalf of the parents of 16-year old Karèle Galaise-Séguin - The Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC Invites you to a press conference/ May 14, 2008
She has been on an ecmo (extra corporeal membrane oxygenation) machine at The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre for over 16-days. The machine is doing the job of the teenager's heart and lungs. (Canada Newswire)
* FEATURE: BNHI monitors the cost of treatment Feb 12, 2008
According to Ko Wen-che (_), a specialist at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), up to 11 percent of the claims submitted to the NHI by NTUH for ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) treatments are rejected by assessors ... The decision whether or not to use ECMO, an emergency life-support system Ko describes as "buying time with money," needs to be made on the spot after a flash assessment of the patients' condition, Ko said ... In cases where assessors decide afterwards,... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Wednesday Back in Time 02-06-2008 Feb 7, 2008
Three ECMO moms and their miracle babies featured in a Herald article are Karen Wilson and Brance, Gail Willson and Joshua, and Ramona Rough and Johnathan. ECMO is a device used on newborns with respiratory problems at Lubbock General Hospital. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
* Patient recovers after 117 days of ECMO treatment Jan 31, 2008
Patient recovers after 117 days of ECMO treatment. BEATING THE ODDS: Hospitalized after nearly drowning in 2007, Hu was kept alive by ECMO therapy, which is usually reserved for short-term life support measures By Angelica Oung STAFF REPORTER Thursday, Jan 31, 2008, Page 2 ... Doctors at a local hospital lauded the "miraculous" recovery of a man, who spent a record 117 days on ECMO therapy and will be leaving hospital in time to spend Lunar New Year with his family. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Tang-tang leaves Taipei hospital to start his 'new life' Jan 21, 2008
After two months without finding a suitable heart, doctors connected him to an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine to provide cardiac and respiratory support. The ECMO, however, could only be used for two to four weeks. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Family gives thanks for a hearty child Nov 22, 2007
So doctors recommended putting T.J. on extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation -- a heart-lung machine known as ECMO. Lucky for T.J., Children's had one ready for use. But it marked the first time ECMO was used in Children's emergency room ... "It was a chaotic scene," said Dr. Victor O. Morell, Children's chief of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, who hooked him up to ECMO. "It almost was like a MASH unit in war.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Shirshekan announces plans for Orchard Development Nov 8, 2007
The Corner Market convenience store recently opened, as well as the ECMO Shrine Club. Other new businesses are Cheap Smokes, Hub s Pub, Blackwell Motors, and Chandler s Fudge. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
At 2-feet-5, she's full of personality Oct 28, 2007
Alexis lives with her mom, stepfather Nick Poulos, three normal-size younger siblings, Lyndsay, 7, Jake, 6, and Michael, 2, and her dog Zeus, two cats named Max and Leo, a snake named Ecmo and a frog named Mr. Frog. She gets good grades in school, has many friends, loves to sing and dance and enjoys being the center of attention. (Florida Times-Union)
LifeShare Blood Centers in need of donors Sep 4, 2007
When a staph infection invaded Burford's lungs, she was placed on the extracorporeal membrane, or ECMO, system ... While on the ECMO system, the patient requires multiple transfusions of platelets and plasma. (Leesville Daily Leader, LA)
Device helps patients survive, regain function til transplant Aug 30, 2007
The center also offers extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), the Thoratec and original HeartMate ventricular assist devices, the Novacor ventricular assist device, the Orqis and TandemHeart devices that are attached to the circulatory system outside the body, and the Abiomed device. Soon, they will begin recruiting patients for clinical trials of the Duraheart and Levacor rotary ventricular assist devices. (EurekAlert!)
Baby boy with fighting heart goes home Aug 25, 2007
A team from the Freeman placed Jack on an ECMO machine to keep his heart and lungs working. They discovered that he was suffering from inflammation of the heart muscle and, as about one in three children recover on their own, decided to wait to see if Jack could pull through without a transplant. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Boy beats odds with Berlin Heart Aug 25, 2007
He was transferred to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle and placed on a life support machine called an ECMO which supplied him with oxygen-rich blood and a Berlin Heart ... Dr Richard Kirk, the consultant paediatric cardiologist, said: You can realistically live on the ECMO life support machine he was using for four weeks - that would not have been enough time for a transplant or for him to recover from the myocarditis. (Times Online)
Aggressive careHow baby Gabriel was able to win his fight for life Jul 10, 2007
Here he was put onto a machine called ECMO which acts as a heart and lung bypass machine: it removes waste from the blood and puts in oxygen, meaning that Gabriel's blood could be fully oxygenated for the first time since birth, buying him vital time. The ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine is an extreme treatment for a newborn baby ... "We worry particularly about bleeding from the brain in a small baby. We wanted to keep Gabriel on ECMO for the shortest amount of time that we... (BBC News -- Health)
Baby's life saved with 800th heart transplant at UMC Jul 3, 2007
Edna was placed on a heart-lung machine known as ECMO after she went into cardiogenic shock in April. ECMO can only sustain a patient for a limited amount of time so an emergency request was filed to receive a ventricular-assist device that assisted the baby s heart in pumping blood through her body to sustain her organs for 75 days until a donor heart became available. (FOX 11, AZ)
Kaiser built baby heart-and-lung device on the fly Jun 8, 2007
Chaiya's life was saved by the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) device ... The ECMO supports heart or lung function ... The device uses technology called extracorporeal (outside the body) membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, which drains blood, filters out carbon dioxide and puts in oxygen before the blood is returned to the body. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
A waiver saves a life Apr 24, 2007
The boy was rushed to a local emergency room and then flown to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where cardiologist T-Y Hsia put him on a machine called ECMO. ... Patients must be kept sedated while ECMO is operating ... The longer patients remain on ECMO, the higher their chances of having life-threatening complications, Hsia says. (USA Today)
After Coming Down With the Flu, Student From Falls Village Dies Apr 20, 2007
They also considered putting her on an ECMO machine, a heart lung machine to keep her organs going ... "They were thinking of putting her on the ECMO machine because every time they would move her, her heart rate would just plummet. She was so fragile that any movement would be not good at all. We really didn't want to put her on the ECMO machine because it has only a 10 percent chance of survival once you take that step and on the respirator they told us she had a 50/50 chance." When they moved... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
MOTHER THANKS HOSPITAL THROUGH FUNDRAISER Apr 19, 2007
"We're probably going to designate that the money go towards the NICU [Neonatal Intensive Care Unit] and the ECMO [heart and lung bypass] machine, different things that have affected my son's life," said Barnard. "They're absolutely wonderful, they are so good over there," she said of the hospital staff. (East Aurora Advertiser, NY)
Shriners moving to Bonne Terre Mar 25, 2007
Robert Lee, president of the East Central Missouri (ECMO) Shrine Club, said they are breaking ground this morning on a new building on Berry Road behind the Knights of Columbus Hall. hat's where we found property, Lee said. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
'Extreme Makeover's' No. 2 mission accomplished Mar 11, 2007
The ECMO heart machine ("extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation") saved her life, but could keep her alive only so long. "Usually you are only able to be on this machine for about a month." When Ransom's heart proved to be a match, it arrived just as the clock was running out. She came home from the hospital in her prom dress. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Parents holding out hope of transplant for infant Mar 2, 2007
Mia was then placed on a heart-lung bypass machine called ECMO, which stands for Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation ... Each day on ECMO comes the chance of infections or bleeding ... Mia has been on ECMO for 15 days, a situation described as precarious. (AZCentral -- News)
Hospital showCouple braced to watch their child's fight for life screened Feb 17, 2007
" Watching this will be an important part of the process in how we deal with what happened to Tahlia Paul Lovegrove Just days before her first birthday Tahlia woke up in her Brighton home struggling to breathe. She was transferred from her local hospital to Guys and St Thomas' London and from there to GOSH - the only hospital in the UK able to treat children with LSTS. Here Professor Martin Elliott, paediatric heart and lung specialist, carried out her surgery, last July. Six years ago, Prof... (BBC News -- Health)
CHILD THRIVING AFTER TRANSPLANT, 9 SURGERIES Jan 28, 2007
In the critical hours following the transplant, Jaime was put on, taken off, and put back on an ECMO machine, assuming the roles of his new walnut-sized heart and lungs. Each time on the ECMO carries with it a 50 percent mortality rate. (McAllen Monitor, TX)
Sugar Land author pens book on grief Dec 30, 2006
Doctors told the family that Abby had a 1 percent chance of survival and their only hope was use of a relatively unknown technology known as ECMO, a heart lung transfusion machine. The family survived the harrowing experience by pulling together in prayer and support. (Fort Bend Southwest Sun, TX)
Miracle baby: Innovative repairs fix rare blood vessel malformation Dec 27, 2006
After six days, Mr. Casteel said, Kade's brain was scanned as a routine precursor to an intervention called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, which doctors were considering to support the boy's weakened heart and lung function. The brain scan revealed the real problem: Kade had what is called a vein of Galen arteriovenous malformation. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
New surgeon-in-chief at Albany Med's Children's Hospital Jul 11, 2006
He was also director of the department of surgery at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, where he served as director of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program, director of the Pediatric Trauma Service and co-director of the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Management. "We're extremely pleased to have someone with such vast experience as Dr. Weber join our staff. He is a vital addition to our department of surgery and The Children's Hospital," said Dr. Vincent... (Albany Business Review, NY)
more of this story Jun 25, 2006
After reaching the hospital, they were told Brodie was having complications following his first surgery, and had been put on a machine called ECMO. The ECMO did the work of his heart and lungs, providing life support, until Brodie's own heart was strong enough to work for his body again ... He is beginning to sit up and can say "Mama" and "Dadda" and has come a long way from life on the ECMO machine ... "They told us he had a 50-50 shot when he was born, and those chances were cut in half when... (Macomb Journal, IL)
Couple copes with loss by helping other children Jun 15, 2006
He was placed on an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) machine, a portable heart/lung bypass machine that gave his lungs a break and helped him sustain life ... Alexander was eventually taken off the ECMO machine. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Twins first transplant complete Feb 24, 2006
He was subsequently put on a bedside heart-lung support system called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO. "Nick remained on the ECMO support system for five days, until his heart made a recovery yesterday morning and we were able to wean him off the machine," Plunkett said ... "What we hope to avoid is his heart becoming so weak that we would have to use the ECMO support system for him as well." Plunkett said the heart-lung machine can usually only be safely used for a couple of weeks... (The Daily Bruin, CA)
