ECMO

abbreviation for

1. extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a method of life support used to oxygenate the blood in newborn babies with lung failure, using a machine incorporating membranes that are impermeable to blood but permeable to oxygen and carbon dioxide

Example Sentences

He remembers saying good night to them in a call from the hospital just before being connected to ECMO.

From Seattle Times

One patient spent time connected to a ventilator; the other two were so debilitated that they required months on a heart-lung bypass machine called ECMO.

From Seattle Times

Unable to breathe, Rodríguez required two months on ECMO.

From Seattle Times

She explained various medical procedures and the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, or ECMO, that was keeping her alive.

From New York Times

Also known as ECMO, it is a last resort, invasive treatment involving a machine that siphons blood out of the patient, runs it through an oxygenator and pumps it back into the body.

From New York Times