A 3-year-old girl with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to a H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection was complicated by necrotizing pneumonia was successfully treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). This is the first reported case in which a pediatric patient was rescued with ECMO during the H1N1 influenza epidemic in Korea in 2009.

Abstract Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) plays an important role as a life-saving tool for patients with therapy-refractory cardio-respiratory failure. Especially, rare and infrequent indications, scientific data is scarce. The conducted paper focuses primarily on our institutional experience 19-year-old patient suffering acute chest syndrome, pathognomonic pulmonary condition presen...

Neonates with severe but reversible pulmonary disease may require therapy beyond conventional ventilatory care. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) serves as a temporary artificial lung for such infants. Since anticoagulation with systemic heparin is required in the extracorporeal circuit, antecedent hemorrhage may be exacerbated or new hemorrhage precipitated in ECMO patients. While the...

We hereby report a child with transposition of great arteries and regressed ventricle who underwent arterial switch operation (ASO) with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass and "integrated" extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuit. The significance of lactate clearance as a guide to initiate and terminate veno-arterial ECMO in a post ASO child with regressed left ventricle is discussed.

The following scenarios explore some of the common problems encountered during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in adults. In each scenario, the circuit is comprised of a centrifugal pump and a polymethylpentene oxygenator.

Obstetric patients have risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease, including obesity, hypertension, and diabetes [1]. Pregnant are more likely to be hospitalized, admitted the intensive care unit (ICU), experience acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), require invasive ventilation extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) [1,2]. The use of ECMO in pregnant with COVID-19-associated failure ...

BACKGROUND Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy has supported critically ill pediatric patients in the intensive care unit setting with cardiac and respiratory failure. This therapy is beginning to transition to the emergency department setting. OBJECTIVE OF REVIEW This article describes the fundamentals of ECMO and familiarizes the emergency medicine physician with its use in c...

We report on a successful configuration strategy of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(ECMO) in two consecutive cases of acute lung injury. A 60-year-old woman with Streptococcus pneumoniae infection and a 22-year-old man with hemothorax were admitted to our hospital with failing lungs. Although treatment with a ventilator was started, oxygenation could not be maintained. ECMO with a femoro-fe...

Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is associated with high morbidity and mortality rate. We report our treatment results with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe ARDS patients. Patients and Methods: From December 2001 through July 2005, there were 10 patients receiving treatment of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for ARDS and/or septic shock in our hosp...

Reviews of the clinical application of venovenous (VV) and venoarterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) were published in the April and June issues, respectively, of the Hong Kong Medical Journal.1,2 These issues have presented practical aspects of ECMO, including recent technological advances, practical physiology, patient selection, bedside management, complications, and curre...