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Will ECPR Move the Needle on Cardiac Arrest Survival?

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Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) can be defined as the emergent use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) on patients in cardiac arrest for whom conventional CPR has failed.  According to some estimates, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is responsible for as many as 313,000 deaths annually in the United States and 4-5 million globally, despite administration of […]

Author : News Health

Publish date : 2024-08-06 16:48:48

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