Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation 2001 - The odyssey continues

Authors
Schumacher, RE Baumgart, S
Citation
Re. Schumacher et S. Baumgart, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation 2001 - The odyssey continues, CLIN PERIN, 28(3), 2001, pp. 629
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Medicine
Journal title
CLINICS IN PERINATOLOGY
ISSN journal
00955108 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-5108(200109)28:3<629:EMO2-T>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has been in widespread use for more tha n 15 years. Over the past 5 to 7 years, however, fewer and fewer babies are treated with this therapy. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is consider ed by many to reflect a bad outcome in neonates, yet it is a life-saving th erapy. This article presents an overview of this therapy and its current us e in the new millennium.