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The proportion of older adults with prolonged emergency department length of stay (LOS) and boarding times increased from ...
Medtronic receives CE Mark for VitalFlow™ ECMO System, ushering in a new era of critical care in EuropeMedtronic expands its cardiac surgical and respiratory innovation portfolio with the launch of ...
Leonard Calabrese, DO, Paras Karmacharya, MD, MS, and Adam Kilian, MD, explore how the older average age of patients with GCA ...
Statin use is most prevalent in middle-aged adults. However, new research published in the journal Heart suggests that people over 70 years old should consider speaking with their doctor about the ...
The increasing demand for donor hearts presents both a critical challenge and a significant opportunity for innovation in ...
In a retrospective, single-center study, Daar and colleagues assessed 50 adults (median age, 63 years) listed for a lung transplant and bridged on ECMO from 2012 to 2017 to gauge survival and ...
However, the results suggest that ECMO BTT is a feasible option for older adults with advanced lung disease not previously listed for transplant, they concluded.
Ascension Sacred Heart launched a program a year ago to give adults and children with severe heart or lung conditions a stronger chance of survival.
ECMO is a form of life support that's become more important during the COVID pandemic. UCSF Fresno has the Valley's only ECMO for adults.
Less than 30% of patients who received ECMO support had favorable neurologic outcomes a year after treatment, results of a new meta-analysis showed.
The evolution of ECMO from a last-resort intervention to a mainstay of modern critical care is a testament to the relentless pursuit of better patient outcomes in the field of medicine ...
A National Institutes of Health-supported study suggests that adults with obesity may benefit from the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), an advanced form of breathing support ...