Associate professor Satoshi Watanabe and his teams from Niigata University have revealed that PET/CT image analysis using ...

ECMO is a temporary mechanical support system that handles the function of the heart and/or lungs in patients with a variety of cardiac and respiratory problems. ECMO uses a pump that attaches with ...

An ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine is a life support machine that takes over the function of the heart and lungs. When patients are connected to an ECMO machine, their blood is ...

Although use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a bridge to lung transplantation has expanded, data on long-term outcomes and patient selection criteria are lacking, wrote Jared A. Darr, ...

The ECMO which consists of an artificial heart and an artificial pair of lungs works from outside the body and adds needed Oxygen to the blood and removes the Carbon dioxide in return. The ECMO ...

In critical care, ECMO has proven to be a pivotal intervention for patients with severe heart and lung dysfunction, often stepping in when other treatments fail, informed Dr Dipanjan Chatterjee, ...

After assessing his condition and consulting with his family, we immediately initiated ECMO treatment. Within six days, his lungs recovered, and after one day on the ventilator, we removed it.

He also serves as co-medical director for the ECMO ... CT scan, which produces imaging to detect disease and injury, the care team noticed Potthoff had a clot that was blocking blood flow to both ...