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Basics of ECMO: Part 1

Dr Aalekh Prasad1†, Dr Sara Scialpi2

1Intensive Care Medicine Registrar, Cambridge University Hospital, UK

2Intensive Care Medicine Clinical Fellow, Cambridge University Hospital, UK

Supervising consultant: Dr Sabina Popa, Intensive Care Medicine Consultant, Peterborough City Hospital, UK

Edited by: Dr Julia Weinkauf, Intensivist and Anesthesiologist, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA

†Corresponding author email: aalekhprasad@gmail.com

Published January 16, 2024

Abstract

This tutorial covers the basics of extracorporeal life support– it’s indications, contraindications, the ECMO circuit, anaesthesia and ventilation for patients on ECMO.

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