SECTION 1: Basics of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Introduction to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Past, Present and Future
Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Report 2012
Evolution of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Types of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Physiology of Extracorporeal Life Support
Indications and Contraindications of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

SECTION 2: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Hardware

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Circuit and Hardware

SECTION 3: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Procedure and its Management

Protocol for Initiation and Stabilization of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Priming in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Monitoring on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Ventilatory Strategies on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Management of a Patient on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Sedation and Management of Pain on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Drug Dosages during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Weaning and Trial Off
Role of Cerebral Oximetry in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation—PRO and CON

SECTION 4: Extracorporeal Life Support Coagulation, Anticoagulation and Complications

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Anticoagulation
Point-of-care Coagulation Testing for Patients on Extracorporeal Circulatory Support
Complications of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Heparin Alternatives

SECTION 5: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Renal Issues

Extracorporeal Life Support and Acute Renal Failure
Dialysis on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Plasmapheresis

SECTION 6: Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Patients with Respiratory Failure
Role of Integrated Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in ALCAPA Patients

SECTION 7: Cardiac Issues of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Echocardiographic Imaging of Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Bronchopulmonary Vein Fistula: Role of TEE and ECMO
Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
Diastolic Heart Failure: A Clinical Challenge Early Recognition and Timely Intervention is the Need of the Hour
Role of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Cardiogenic Shock

SECTION 8: Noncardiac Issues of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Outside the Operation Room
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Carbon Dioxide Removal
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Noncardiac Surgery
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Lung Transplantation

SECTION 9: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in ICU

Sepsis in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in ICU: Prevention of Nosocomial Infections
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Cardio Help: The Future of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

SECTION 10: Multiple Choice Questions

SECTION 11: Appendices

Appendix 1: New York Heart Association Functional Classification
Appendix 2: CESAR Trial
Appendix 3: Port Score
Appendix 4: Septic Severity Score
Appendix 5: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score
Appendix 6: Glasgow Coma Scale

About the Author

Poonam Malhotra Kapoor MD DNB MNAMS FIACTA FTEE FISCU
Additional Professor, Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Cardiothoracic and Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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