ECMO: Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Support in Critical Care

Third Edition

Table of Contents

1. Extracorporeal Life Support: An Overview

2. Physiology of ECLS

3. Coagulation, Anticoagulation, and the Interaction of Blood and Artificial Surfaces

4. ECLS and the Systemic Inflammatory Response

5. Principles and Practice of Venovenous ECMO

6. ECLS Equipment and Devices

7. Vascular Access for Extracorporeal Support

8. Emergencies During ECLS and Their Management

9. Referral and Transport of ECMO Patients

10. The ELSO Registry

11. Legal Considerations During ECLS

12. ECMO Ethics in the Twenty-first Century

13. Economics of ECLS

14. Safety Issues of ECLS

15. Regulatory Issues Related to ECLS

16. ECLS Administrative and Training Issues

17. Neonatal Respiratory Failure: Pathophysiology and Management

18. ECMO for Neonatal Respiratory Failure

19. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and ECMO

20. Neonatal ECMO and the Brain

21. Outcome and Follow-up of Neonates Treated with ECMO

22. Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure in Children

23. Management of Pediatric Respiratory Failure on ECLS

24. Neurologic Outcome Following ECLS in Pediatric Patients with Respiratory or Cardiac Failure

25. ECLS for Adult Respiratory Failure: Etiology and Indications

26. Management of ECLS in Adult Respiratory Failure

27. Long-term Results of ECMO for Adult Respiratory Failure

28. Pediatric Cardiac Failure: Management and Use of ECLS

29. Venoarterial Perfusion for Resuscitation and Cardiac Procedures: Cardiopulmonary Support

30. Adult Cardiac Failure: Management and Use of ECLS

31. Heart-lung Transplantation and ECLS

32. ECLS and the Kidney

33. Nutritional Support of the ECMO Patient

34. Sedation and Management of Pain on ECLS

35. Neurological Benefits of Mild Hypothermia

36. Immunosuppressed Patients and ECLS

37. Extracorporeal Organ Support in Liver Failure

38. Management of Bleeding During ECLS

39. Plasmapheresis

40. Carbon Dioxide Removal Devices; Intracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Artificial Lungs

41. Nursing Care of the Patient on ECMO

42. New Uses of ECLS

43. Future of ECLS