Image: Adobe Stock In a randomized clinical trial conducted in France, Schmidt and colleagues assessed 170 patients (median age, 51 years; 35% women) from 14 ICUs with severe ARDS on VV-ECMO for ...

Of these patients, 30 (7.2%) received venovenous (VV) ECMO—an advanced life support machine that takes over the function of damaged lungs. Most of the ICU patients—323 (77.8%)—were intubated ...

VV ECMO, an advanced heart and lung system, saved yet another person suffering from post-Covid severe problem. Aneesh, a CA, was in the hospital for 95 days and on VV ECMO for 52 days. Doctors at ...