ECMO-Extracorporeal Life Support in Adults

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sangalli, Fabio (Editor), Patroniti, Nicolò (Editor), Pesenti, Antonio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Cardiac Surgery.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Emergency Medicine.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been in clinical use for some 40 years, but it is only in the past decade that its application in the treatment of life-threatening circulatory and respiratory failure has truly flourished. This book presents a comprehensive overview of both pathophysio...