See Also: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(health)
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(medicine)
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oxygenation(medicine)
apneic oxygenation(medicine)
hyperbaric oxygenation(medicine)
extracorporeal(medicine)
Extracorporeal(health)
extracorporeal dialysis(medicine)
extracorporeal circulation(medicine)

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (medicine)


extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Application of a life support system that circulates the blood through an oxygenating system, which may consist of a pump, a membrane oxygenator, and a heat exchanger. Examples of its use are to assist victims of smoke inhalation injury, respiratory failure, and cardiac failure.