Breathing. That critical inhale/exhale operation of the lungs is something we often take for granted — until something goes wrong and respiratory problems result. The Center for Acute Respiratory ...

Registry data reaffirmed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a reasonable strategy for COVID-19 patients with severe respiratory problems, with most survivors discharged home and several ...

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 ...

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 ...

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A notable proportion of patients receiving veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for acute respiratory failure developed acute kidney injury (AKI), likely due to the greater severity ...

DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD), maker of the Impella heart pump, has acquired Breethe, developer of a novel extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system that will ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Delayed ECMO initiation was tied to increased in-hospital mortality among patients with cardiogenic shock. ECMO ...

While ventilator shortages have been largely averted in the U.S., this lifesaving therapy is scarce. How to choose which critically ill patients get it? By Sheri Fink During a surge of coronavirus ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abbott announced FDA clearances for two components of the company’s life support system. The CentriMag blood ...