Contemporary extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for adult respiratory failure: Life support in the new era

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-220

  MacLaren, Graeme ^a,b   Combes, Alain ^c   Bartlett, Robert H ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; H1N1 influenza; Lung transplantation; Mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; CONVALESCENCE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGENATOR; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 84856747311     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2439-2     Document Type: Review

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