Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
"Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Application of a life support system that circulates the blood through an oxygenating system, which may consist of a pump, a membrane oxygenator, and a heat exchanger. Examples of its use are to assist victims of SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; and CARDIAC FAILURE.
| Descriptor ID |
D015199
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.880.301 E04.292.451
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| Concept/Terms |
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- ECMO Treatment
- ECMO Treatments
- Treatment, ECMO
- Treatments, ECMO
- Oxygenation, Extracorporeal Membrane
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenations
- Membrane Oxygenation, Extracorporeal
- Membrane Oxygenations, Extracorporeal
- Oxygenations, Extracorporeal Membrane
- Extracorporeal Life Support
- Extracorporeal Life Supports
- Life Support, Extracorporeal
- Life Supports, Extracorporeal
- Support, Extracorporeal Life
- Supports, Extracorporeal Life
- ECLS Treatment
- ECLS Treatments
- Treatment, ECLS
- Treatments, ECLS
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 2012 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 2013 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 2015 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2017 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2018 | 22 | 4 | 26 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4 | 28 |
| 2021 | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 2023 | 30 | 1 | 31 |
| 2024 | 31 | 4 | 35 |
| 2025 | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation" by people in Profiles.
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Nitric oxide supplementation during extracorporeal resuscitation drives oxidative-inflammatory signaling and metabolic suppression in the post-cardiac arrest heart. Mol Med. 2026 May 08; 32(1).
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Body Mass Index and Survival in Children Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Apr 01; 9(4):e266162.
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Dialysis modality and mortality of the Contemporary Infant and Neonatal Dialysis (COINED) Cohort: a Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium (PNRC) study. Pediatr Nephrol. 2026 Jun; 41(6):1731-1742.
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Changes in Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 in Conventional Versus Robotic Bypass Graft Surgery. J Surg Res. 2026 02; 318:40-51.
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Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation versus off-pump lung transplantation: Interim analysis of a prospective, randomized clinical trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 05; 171(5):1147-1158.e3.
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Management of Dialysis for Patients Receiving Mechanical Circulatory Support. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2026 Mar 01; 37(3):596-606.
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Nutritional Support Patterns and Outcomes in Pediatric Veno-Venous and Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Retrospective Analysis. Nutrients. 2025 Dec 16; 17(24).
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Tandem Extracorporeal Blood Purification/Support Therapies in Critically Ill Children: A Literature Review. Crit Care Med. 2026 Jan 01; 54(1):163-174.
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Functional Status Change in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Survivors is Equivalent to Propensity-Matched Patients Managed Without Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. ASAIO J. 2026 May 01; 72(5):426-432.
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Outcomes of central versus peripheral arterial cannulation for intraoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2026 02; 45(2):242-250.