TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 20. Extracorporeal Life Support for Cardiopulmonary Failure
A1  - Dalton, Heidi J.
A1  - Garcia-Filion, Pamela C.
A2  - Tobin, Martin J.
PY  - 2013
T2  - Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e
AB  - Extracorporeal  life  support  (ECLS)  is  defined  as  total  or  partial  diversion  of  a  patient’s  circulating  blood  volume  into  a  device  that  can  act  as  a  “lung,”  providing  oxygenation  and  carbon  dioxide  removal,  and  a  pump,  which  can  act  like  a  “heart,”  providing  circulatory  support,  or  a  combination  of  both  functions  for  patients  suffering  from  both  cardiac  and  pulmonary  failure.  Adapted  from  heart-lung  machines  used  for  cardiopulmonary  bypass,  this  temporary  form  of  support  was  termed  extracorporeal  membrane  oxygenation  (ECMO)  in  the  past.1–4  Because  of  vast  changes  in  the  circulatory  devices  now  available  and  the  patient  populations  being  treated,  however,  the  term  ECMO  is  being  replaced  by  ECLS  as  the  designation  for  extracorporeal  life  support  of  a  variety  of  indications  and  devices.  Both  are  used  interchangeably  in  the  chapter.  Figure  20-1  shows  an  example  of  an  early  cardiopulmonary  bypass  circuit.  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/17
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57067601
ER  -