In the 16 patients who passed the ECMO-free trials, 14 (87.5%) were decannulated from venovenous ECMO, with a median time of 2.5 days from first passed ECMO-free trial to decannulation.

Dr Tibboel and his team at the Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands, compared the time spent on ECMO, time until extubation after decannulation, mortality and potential cost ...

Patients in the prone positioning group did not experience any serious adverse events such as unintentional ECMO decannulation, nonscheduled extubation or severe hemoptysis, according to researchers.

Khan IM, Morris NA "After ECMO decannulation, are patients thriving or just surviving?" Neurology 2024; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209144.

Dr Tibboel and his team at the Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands, compared the time spent on ECMO, time until extubation after decannulation, mortality and potential cost ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a treatment that adds oxygen to your blood and pumps it through your body. Learn how it works, when you might need it, and what to expect.

For extremely sick patients, an advanced form of life support called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, cuts the risk of dying from Covid-19 by half, according to a new study by ...

ECMO machines became a last-ditch treatment for COVID. But only half of the patients who got ECMO survived, raising questions about whether this expensive and hard to access treatment is worth it.

Hospital workers in protective suits perform an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) procedure near Barcelona last week. The procedure can save the sickest covid-19 patients.