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ECMO

British  

abbreviation

  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

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

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

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 • Aug. 28, 2023

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 • Oct. 6, 2022

One of our control groups was just the clinical standard, ECMO, in which we just tried to restore the circulation using the animal’s own blood.

From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2022

"So it's just a huge lift in all different aspects of the hospital, and frankly, that's why a lot of hospitals don't have ECMO."

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2022