Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) does the work of a patient’s failing heart and lungs for a period of weeks, sometimes months. That’s often long enough for the heart and lungs to rest and recover, increasing the patient’s chance of survival.
The technology has spread worldwide, and has the extraordinary legacy of diminishing mortality in conditions where patients would otherwise have no chance of survival.
Robert Bartlett, MD, is credited as one of the founding fathers of ECMO. University of Michigan’s ECMO program was established in 1980 and has grown to supporting over 100 patients a year, including adults and pediatric patients. In addition, U-M’s ECMO lab has advanced a number of ECMO-related devices and technologies including artificial implantable lung development, mechanical support for organ preservation and transplantation, and artificial placenta support for severely premature infants.
Presented at the Joint Conference on Advances in Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease Management, hosted by the Congenital Heart Center at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital is consistently ranked among the top children’s heart programs in the nation.
This presentation is part of the Joint Conference on Advances in Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease Management 2017. Learn more about the additional presentations in this series.
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Robert H. Bartlett, M.D. is Professor Emeritus, in the Section of General Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, who continues to be active in the lab and clinical research. Prior to becoming Professor Emeritus on July 1, 2005, Dr. Bartlett ...
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