Profile of patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

Abstract

Extracorporal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a recognized rescue method in severe respiratory and/or cardiac failure in children and neonates and, in recent years, it has been increasingly used in adults as well

Keywords

• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
• cardiogenic shock
• respiratory failure
• cardiac failure