Asan Medical Center successfully operated on a newborn, Han-gyeol (male), whose lung had swollen to twice its normal size due to a congenital pulmonary malformation, while on ECMO support. The photo, ...

Central airway obstruction caused by neck and chest tumors is a very dangerous oncological emergency with high mortality. Unfortunately, there is few literature to discuss an effective way for this ...

Neonates were monitored with a cerebral oximeter before, during, and after cannulation for ECMO to determine the direct effects of ligation of the right internal jugular vein and right carotid artery ...

A newborn who suffered from severe respiratory failure due to a congenital pulmonary malformation has recovered and been discharged after undergoing ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) assisted ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. An early hallmark of pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 is severe refractory respiratory failure. Many ...

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is used to treat respiratory or cardiac failure that is unresponsive to all other measures, but is considered to have a reversible cause. ECMO may be used ...

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 ...