Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

"Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D015199
MeSH Number(s)	E02.880.301 E04.292.451
Concept/Terms	Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ECMO Treatment ECMO Treatments Treatment, ECMO Treatments, ECMO Oxygenation, Extracorporeal Membrane Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenations Membrane Oxygenation, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenations, Extracorporeal Oxygenations, Extracorporeal Membrane Extracorporeal Life Support Extracorporeal Life Supports Life Support, Extracorporeal Life Supports, Extracorporeal Support, Extracorporeal Life Supports, Extracorporeal Life ECLS Treatment ECLS Treatments Treatment, ECLS Treatments, ECLS

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Respiratory Therapy [E02.880]
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation [E02.880.301]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Extracorporeal Circulation [E04.292]
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation [E04.292.451]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2009	0	1	1
2013	2	0	2
2014	1	0	1
2015	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1
2019	2	0	2
2024	0	1	1

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Batchelor RJ, Hodgson CL, Lankaputhra M, Burrell A, Orosz J, Coull J, Pellegrino V, Antsey J, Lefkovits J, Taylor AJ, Kaye DM, Stub D. Sex differences in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation utilisation and clinical outcomes in Australia. J Crit Care. 2026 Jun; 93:155473.

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Lau T, Dutta A, Purohit PJ, Thompson K, Yamamoto K, Feng A, Beaty T, Melish M, Prothero B, Kurahara D, Wu B, Fong E, B?gu? RE. A Child with COVID-19 Complicated by Rapidly Progressive Severe Organizing Pneumonia: A Case Report. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 10; 83(10):274-278.

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DeMartino ES, Braus NA, Sulmasy DP, Bohman JK, Stulak JM, Guru PK, Fuechtmann KR, Singh N, Schears GJ, Mueller PS. Decisions to Withdraw Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support: Patient Characteristics and Ethical Considerations. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 04; 94(4):620-627.

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Meert KL, Guerguerian AM, Barbaro R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Berger J, Topjian A, Bembea M, Tabbutt S, Fink EL, Schwartz SM, Nadkarni VM, Telford R, Dean JM, Moler FW. Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: One-Year Survival and Neurobehavioral Outcome Among Infants and Children With In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Crit Care Med. 2019 03; 47(3):393-402.

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Stokes MB, Fernando H, Taylor AJ. Cardiogenic shock secondary to methamphetamine induced cardiomyopathy requiring veno-arterial extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation. Int J Cardiol. 2016 Mar 15; 207:134-5.

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Jean-St-Michel E, Chetan D, Schwartz SM, Van Arsdell GS, Floh AA, Honjo O, Conway J. Outcomes in Patients with Persistent Ventricular Dysfunction After Stage I Palliation for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Feb; 37(2):239-47.

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Schwartz SM. Tattered and torn: the life of a RBC on the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuit. Crit Care Med. 2014 May; 42(5):1314-5.

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Johnson SM, Itoga N, Garnett GM, Kilcommons M, Puapong DP, Woo RK. Increased risk of cardiovascular perforation during ECMO with a bicaval, wire-reinforced cannula. J Pediatr Surg. 2014 Jan; 49(1):46-49; discussion 49-50.

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Schwartz SM, Schmidt A. Medical and nursing care of the child on mechanical circulatory support. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Jun; 14(5 Suppl 1):S43-50.

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Freilich M, Stub D, Esmore D, Negri J, Salamonsen R, Bergin P, Leet A, Richardson M, Taylor A, Woodard J, Kaye D, Rosenfeldt F. Recovery from anthracycline cardiomyopathy after long-term support with a continuous flow left ventricular assist device. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Jan; 28(1):101-3.

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