LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — More life saving technology is coming to local hospitals thanks to a special grant. We sat down with one patient who told us if it wasn't for this special technology, he doesn't ...
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 ...
For critical COVID patients, ECMO is a risky last-ditch treatment where a machine does the work of the heart and the lungs. But only half of COVID patients who are put on ECMO survive, a statistic ...
In a perfect world, a patient suffering from cardiac arrest could get help for their heart without rushing into emergency surgery during an attack. Or someone in critical need of a life-saving lung or ...
The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is continuing to grow, with 77,542 patients in North America receiving the form of life support in the past five years, according to the ...
The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The global extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine market is experiencing growth due to the rise in the ...
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JIMMY TOMLIN, The High Point Enterprise, N.C. TRINITY — Last Thanksgiving Day, Trinity teenager Caleb Dulin lay motionless in an ICU hospital bed, seemingly tethered to every flashing, beeping piece ...