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12.03.2024 | Book and New Media Reviews
The ECMO Book, First Edition
Jeffrey DellaVolpe. Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 2023. CAD 137.99, 248 pages. Paperback ISBN: 978-0-443-11198-3
verfasst von:
Virendra K. Arya, MBBS, MD, FRCPC
Erschienen in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Ausgabe 5/2024
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Excerpt
The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients with severe cardiac or respiratory failure (or both) has expanded dramatically over the past decades. Despite the simplistic mechanism of taking blood out of body and pumping back after oxygenation and carbon dioxide (CO2) removal, many ECMO programs struggle to respond appropriately because detailed understanding of ECMO’s complexities frequently is lacking. The ECMO Book, First Edition (2023), by Jeffrey DellaVolpe from the institute for ECMO support (San Antonio, TX, USA) and published by Elsevier, is an approachable, easy-to-read book that provides a systematic framework for understanding and approaching the care of patients who will require ECMO support. …