ECMO is saving the very sickest patients from Covid | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2020年8月19日—Thetechnologyisusedwhenallotherformsofheartandlungsupporthavefailedforcriticallyillpatients.Itworksbytemporarilydrawingblood ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation[1] (ECMO) is effectively an artificial lung or heart. The technology is used when all other forms of heart and lung support have failed for critically ill patients. It works by temporarily drawing blood from the body to allow artificial oxygenation of the red blood cells and removal of carbon dioxide with a machine. Now, the treatment is being used to support critically ill patients with Covid-19 pneumonia for whom ventilation is insufficient to sustain blood oxygen levels.

COVID-19 has already affected our lives forever. The way we work, shop, eat, seek medical advice, and ...