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extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
noun[ U ]
medical specializeduk /ek.strə.kɔːˌpɔː.ri.əl ˌmem.breɪn ɒk.sɪ.dʒəˈneɪ.ʃən/ us /ek.strə.kɔːrˌpɔːr.i.əl ˌmem.breɪn ɑːk.sɪ.dʒəˈneɪ.ʃən/(abbreviationECMO)
a medical treatment in which blood is pumped out of the body into a machine that temporarily does the work of the heart and lungs by removing carbon dioxide from the blood and adding oxygen before it is pumped back into the body:
The infant required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for 5 days.
She was taken to hospital and connected to an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine (ECMO), which allows the blood to be aerated outside the body.
The patient developed refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
The extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine is similar to the device that is used in open-heart surgery.
At the start of the study, 30 of the patients were on mechanical ventilation and four were on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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