TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Extracorporeal Life Support A1 - Hussein, Raghad A1 - Sundaram, Arvind A1 - Stamm, Jason A. A2 - Go, Ronaldo Collo PY - 2019 T2 - Critical Care Examination and Board Review AB - Extracorporeal life support (ECLS), also known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is an artificial form of cardiopulmonary support that allows the heart, the lungs, or both to recover from severe, but potentially reversible, pathologies. ECLS can also function in some cases as a bridge to therapies such as a ventricular assist device or heart or lung transplantation. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160188144 ER -