While ventilator shortages have been largely averted in the U.S., this lifesaving therapy is scarce. How to choose which critically ill patients get it? By Sheri Fink During a surge of coronavirus ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic ventilators were in short supply. Now a different treatment is in demand for the sickest of Covid patients. ECMO therapy is a last-resort ...
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 ...
Greg Kelly is a Staff Specialist, Paediatric Intensive Care, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network and affiliated with OzSAGE. Josh Ihle is Senior Intensive Care Physician and Deputy Head of ...
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 ...
Yale New Haven Health is among the first healthcare systems in the country to transport critically ill patients using the Medtronic VitalFlow ECMO System, a more compact and portable life-support ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A protocol with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-facilitated resuscitation improved survival in patients with ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who underwent ECMO for COVID-19 pneumonia or non-COVID-19 pneumonia were balanced based on ...