ECMO
Britishabbreviation
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In the Americas, doctors can help infected people by putting them on a life-support machine known as ECMO, for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which breathes for the patient by oxygenating the blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Also known as ECMO, it is a last resort, invasive treatment involving a machine that siphons blood out of the patient, runs it through an oxygenator and pumps it back into the body.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
One of our control groups was just the clinical standard, ECMO, in which we just tried to restore the circulation using the animal’s own blood.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 10, 2022
“When he first came out of surgery with ECMO, it was like a Christmas tree of medications because there were so many,” his wife said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
"So it's just a huge lift in all different aspects of the hospital, and frankly, that's why a lot of hospitals don't have ECMO."
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2022
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