extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation…

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ecmo, heart-lung bypass, infants, bypass, infants ecmo stands, complex therapy, pump that circulates blood, an artificial lung back, bloodstream of a very ill baby, essentially, system provides heart-lung bypass support outside, the baby's body, why is ecmo used, ecmo is used in infants who, extremely ill, due to breathing, heart problems, purpose of ecmo, provide adequate oxygen, baby allowing time, the lungs, heart to "rest", heal, most common conditions, require ecmo today, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, cdh, meconium aspiration syndrome, mas, severe pulmonary hypertension, cardiac malformations, pneumonia, severe air leak problems, recovery period after heart surgery, baby placed on ecmo, starting ecmo, a large team of care-givers to stabilize the baby, the careful setup, "priming", the ecmo pump, fluid, blood, surgery is performed to attach the ecmo pump, baby via catheters, placed into large blood vessels, in the neck, the baby, what, the risks of ecmo, babies who, ecmo, by definition very ill, at high risk, long-term problems, death, already high-risk situation, once the baby, on ecmo, additional risks include infection, bleeding, blood clot formation, transfusion problems, pump, have mechanical problems, tube breaks, pump stops, adversely affect the baby.