Extracorporeal life support is a promising treatment for pediatric patients in cardiac arrest who are unresponsive to traditional CPR. A new article examines ECPR and addresses ethical principles ...

A four-month-old, who had suffered a cardiac arrest, was saved by extra-corporeal CPR (ECPR), a method of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using the ECMO machine, at a private hospital. The child ...

Extracorporeal life support (ELS) combined with conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) roughly doubles survival in adult hospital patients compared with CPR alone. These are the conclusions ...

In a randomized trial, patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received extracorporeal CPR and those who received conventional CPR had similar results for survival and favorable neurologic ...

A “hyperinvasive” approach to treating refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)—one that relies on mechanical chest compressions during transport and extracorporeal CPR, if needed, followed by ...

In refractory cardiac arrest, whether adding extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to standard advanced cardiac life support improves survival with a favorable neurologic outcome is unclear. New ...

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) can improve blood flow to the brain after cardiac arrest and preserve neurological function. However, factors predicting who benefits from ECPR are ...

CODE E-CPR is a groundbreaking salvage procedure that involves the emergent initiation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) on patients who have experienced cardiac arrest, particularly when ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a technique used when both a person’s heart and lungs are in a life-threatening situation. It is an external aid through which the affected person’s blood ...

Osaka, Japan - People who suffer cardiac arrest usually have low likelihood of survival, especially if it happens out of the hospital. Those who do survive can have neurological damage due to the lack ...