KERA's Sam Baker talks with Dr. Tyler Bloomer, a cardiologist with Texas Health Harris Fort Worth Hospital. He explains the program and how extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation helped save a ...

China: A new global analysis signals a dramatic escalation in the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for ...

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is continuing to grow, with 77,542 patients in North America receiving the form of life support in the past five years, according to the ...

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) can be used as an option to manage in-hospital and out-of-hospital refractory cardiac ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — CPR compressions is what many of us were taught to do when saving someone's life, but now physicians are trying out 'ECPR.' Doctors at UF Health say they've already seen success ...

Extreme hyperoxia was associated with less favorable short-term neurologic outcomes in patients who underwent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) ...

Health systems in Minnesota and Nevada are getting more than $30 million in grants to support ECMO programs, which treat patients with severe heart and lung conditions A global philanthropy is ...

The latest miracle machine in modern medicine – whose use has skyrocketed in recent years – is saving people from the brink of death: adults whose lungs have been ravaged by the flu; a trucker who was ...

February 1, 2021 - Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is a potentially lifesaving treatment for patients in cardiac arrest when the circulation can't be restored by conventional CPR.

Evidence-based recommendations on VA ECMO for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) in adults with refractory cardiac arrest. This involves using an artificial lung to oxygenate the ...