• J Emerg Med · Oct 2015

    Review

    Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An Introduction for Emergency Medicine Physicians.

    • Lynn P Gehrmann, John W Hafner, Daniel L Montgomery, Klayton W Buckley, and Randall S Fortuna.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Ministry Medical Group Saint Mary's Hospital, Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
    • J Emerg Med. 2015 Oct 1; 49 (4): 552-60.

    BackgroundExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy has supported critically ill pediatric patients in the intensive care unit setting with cardiac and respiratory failure. This therapy is beginning to transition to the emergency department setting.Objective Of ReviewThis article describes the fundamentals of ECMO and familiarizes the emergency medicine physician with its use in critically ill pediatric patients.DiscussionECMO can be utilized as either venoarterial (VA) or venovenous (VV), to support oxygenation and perfusion in respiratory failure, sepsis, cardiac arrest, and environmental hypothermia.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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