Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, can be a lifesaving technology for patients whose organs have failed. It works, essentially, by performing the functions that a healthy person’s lungs and ...

Mobile County and surrounding area patients now have access to advanced life-support technology closer to home ...

Researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine are leading a federally-backed project to develop a portable extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and advanced life-support system device. The ...

Health systems in Minnesota and Nevada are getting more than $30 million in grants to support ECMO programs, which treat patients with severe heart and lung conditions A global philanthropy is ...

The ECMO machines are being installed at the cardiac ICU at Renown Regional Medical Center. These machines take over heart and lung function when a patient’s organs do not work on their own. “We are ...

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