Extracorporeal CO2 removal for COPD exacerbations (VENT-AVOID trial)
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a sometimes life-saving technology for acute respiratory or cardiac failure. ECMO remains primarily a rescue or bridging therapy, but as the technology has evolved, potential new applications continue to be tested.
One more recent iteration of ECMO is veno-venous extracorporeal CO2 removal (ECCO2R), in which…
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