What is it about?
The ability to replace the function of the lungs when they are sick has become available with the development of the membrane lung or membrane oxygenator. The composition of the device and how effective and easy it is to use have changed over years. This review describes these changes to the current day.
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Why is it important?
The ability to replace the function of the lungs has helped to save lives, bridge patients to recovery or to lung transplant.
Perspectives
This article gives a good overview of the development of the membrane oxygenator and is a good historical view from perfusionists and ECMO folks who work with these devices every day.
Heidi Dalton
Inova Health System
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This page is a summary of: Evolution of membrane oxygenator technology for utilization during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass, Pediatric Health Medicine and Therapeutics, June 2016, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/phmt.s35070.
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