Lola714
They sometimes use it on babies who's intensines are on the outside when they're born. I think it's called the emmo machine or something that sounds like that - does anyone know?
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country bumpkin
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an important treatment for infants and children with cardiorespiratory failure.
ECMO is the use of an artificial lung (membrane) located outside the body (extracorporeal), that puts oxygen into the blood and then carries this blood to the body tissues (oxygenation).
It is a modified form of heart-lung bypass and is used for a longer period than the machines used in the operating room during open-heart surgery.
Read more>>http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/e/ecmo/
>>http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cvicu/HCP_CV_Tab_1/ecmo_for_parents.pdf
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