title: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation 2016: an update.
abstract: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an important issue for intensivists, critical care nurses, surgeons, cardiologists, and many others. There has been a continued increase in the number of centres performing ECMO. This review examines novel applications and recent trends in the use of ECMO over the last 2 years. These include ECMO to facilitate the safe use of other treatments, changing the timing of initiation, newer equipment and better biocompatibility, and the ability of ECMO programs to essentially choose which cluster of potential complications they are prepared to accept. ECMO continues to evolve, diversify in its applications, and improve in safety.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Clinical Sciences, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Warwick
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Butt
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, National University Health System, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119074, Singapore.
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: MacLaren
keywords: Extra Corporeal Life Support; cardiac failure; fulminant respiratory failure; mechanical circulatory support; neonatal respiratory failure; severe pulmonary hypertension