NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic ventilators were in short supply. Now a different treatment is in demand for the sickest of Covid patients. ECMO therapy is a last-resort ...

Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- mostly from COVID -- get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

HONOLULU -- In hindsight, researchers saw more limitations to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and proning, therapies initially touted as helpful for COVID patients in intensive care.

Have we ever been more aware of what it means to breathe? To fill our lungs with air, feel our chests expand and know that something so ordinary and commonplace is now — especially now — nothing to ...

Last October, the Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article that delved into the ethical considerations for hospitals due to the ever-improving outcomes being seen with Extracorporeal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mortality on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was higher in the second wave of patients with COVID-19, ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. U.S. hospitalizations requiring ECMO totaled $908 ...

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 ...

ECMO is a life support system that can temporarily take over the work of the heart and lungs, providing the body with oxygen. It can allow the heart and lungs time to rest and heal. A person may ...