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Abstract
Management of gas exchange using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in respiratory failure is very different than management when the patient is dependent on mechanical ventilation. All the gas exchange occurs in the membrane lung, and the arterial oxygenation is the result of mixing the ECMO blood with the native venous blood. To manage patients on ECMO, it is essential to understand the physiology described in this essay.Entities:
Keywords: ECMO; gas exchange; oxygenation; respiratory failure
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27040797 DOI: 10.1177/0885066616641383
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Intensive Care Med ISSN: 0885-0666 Impact factor: 3.510