Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Cardiorespiratory Failure

摘要: Throughout this volume, the efficacy of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in providing short-term circulatory support is demonstrated. The need for such technology undisputed, since 375,000 operations are performed annually United States, where cardiovascular disease leading cause death.1 Respiratory diseases (not including respiratory complications neoplastic conditions) third death. Almost as soon extracorporeal circulation was conceived an adjunct to cardiac surgery, its developers recognized potential application treatment failure. In many ways, however, latter a much more convoluted enterprise. Since cannot any way “treat” underlying pulmonary conditions, at best it can be expected provide period physiologically normal sufficient length allow intrinsic healing. long-term use means supporting patients with life-threatening (and/or cardiac) failure has come known membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or life (ECLS).