ECMO indications and complications.
Widely adopted while prospective validation was still under way, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is now a clinically established treatment for reversing neonatal respiratory failure. The technique's accomplishments are impressive-83% survival in conditions otherwise associated with 80% mortality-but its problems include significant handicap in 20% of treated survivors.
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Section of Newborn Services, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
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