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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for COVID-19

ECMO is a bypass machine which allows the heart and lungs to rest by pumping and oxygenating blood outside the body. This method may be considered for patients with ARDS due to COVID-19 who are unresponsive to medical ventilators. However, there is lack of experience and constructive guidelines for using ECMO for COVID-19 induced ARDS.

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Updated 2020-08-13

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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Biomedical engineering

Biomedical Sciences