Friday, June 12, 2009
About ECMO
Well, I am attempting to improving my medical knowledge, maybe one way is to post it up and share! Well this is a medical procedure! It's something like a kidney dialysis procedure, instead of taking out urea and other metabolic wastes, this procedure re-oxygenates the blood.
ECMO stands for Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation. ECMO is used in infants who are extremely ill due to breathing or heart problems. The ECMO machine circulates blood through an artificial lung back into the bloodstream. This provides adequate oxygen to the baby while allowing time for the lungs and heart to "rest" or heal.
