ECMO
Britishabbreviation
Example Sentences
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Unable to breathe, Rodríguez required two months on ECMO.
From Seattle Times
One patient spent time connected to a ventilator; the other two were so debilitated that they required months on a heart-lung bypass machine called ECMO.
From Seattle Times
He remembers saying good night to them in a call from the hospital just before being connected to ECMO.
From Seattle Times
She explained various medical procedures and the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, or ECMO, that was keeping her alive.
From New York Times
Dr. B also said putting Dr. Li on ECMO, given its invasive nature, would have been an “insult to his body.”
From New York Times
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