How does ecmo work to fix hyaline membrane disease?
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How does ecmo work to fix hyaline membrane disease?
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Dr. Jason Adler
Pediatrics - Critical Care
In brief:
Lung 'rest'
Hyaline membrane disease (hmd) or neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (rds) is usually a disease of premature babies which may limit the feasibility of ecmo (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) in certain patients.
But, if the child is a candidate for and receives ecmo, the lungs are given a period of time to recover while the machine provides oxygen to and clears carbon dioxide from the body.
In brief:
Lung 'rest'
Hyaline membrane disease (hmd) or neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (rds) is usually a disease of premature babies which may limit the feasibility of ecmo (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) in certain patients.
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Dr. James Ferguson
Pediatrics
In brief:
It rests the lungs
The premi lung is like an unfinished house.
It has no paint on its inside walls.For effective breathing, a liquid called surfactant must form on the walls like paint so the lung can keep its rooms(alveoli) open between breaths.The unfinished walls swell & oxygen can't get thru.Ecmo does the work of breathing until the lungs finish forming.In time the surfactant forms & lungs can begin working
In brief:
It rests the lungs
The premi lung is like an unfinished house.
It has no paint on its inside walls.For effective breathing, a liquid called surfactant must form on the walls like paint so the lung can keep its rooms(alveoli) open between breaths.The unfinished walls swell & oxygen can't get thru.Ecmo does the work of breathing until the lungs finish forming.In time the surfactant forms & lungs can begin working
Dr. James Ferguson
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