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Adult Congenital Heart Disease. The use of ECMO in pediatric patients.

Thomas MacGillivray, MD and Mr. Curt Shelley, MEd, RRT-NPS lecture and discuss congenital heart disease and adulthood.  The use of ECMO in pediatric patients.   

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ECMO, Use and Staffing.

ECMO patient selection, cannulation strategies, weaning and how we manage staffing for ECMO patients.  

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ECMO. Joe Basha, CCP July 19, 2018

ECMO: Measurement Of Adequacy, Cannulation, North/South Complication, Anticoagulation And Weaning, And What Patients Can Be Woken Up And Extubated On VV ECMO?   

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Heparin Free (VV ECMO) Veno Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Multiple Trauma Patient

Tammy Sparacino Journal Club: Heparin - free ( VV ECMO) Veno - Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a multiple trauma patient: A case report.  Anticogulation free ECMO: Is this safe? ..

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Pediatric Perfusion, Pediatric ECMO.

Mr. Curt Shelley, MEd, RRT-NPS discusses pediatric ECMO and is interviewed by Joe Basha, CCP about the program he is the director of at Memorial Hermann, Memorial Children's, Texas Medical..

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Non Invasive Cardiac Output Devices in Artificial Circulatory Support and ECMO.

The panel discusses the advantages and challenges that these devices pose in regards to accuracy and dependability, especially in artificial circulatory support and ECMO.     

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ECMO cannulation. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Dr. Hany Samir and a panel of experienced perfusionists describe and discuss ECMO cannulation strategies for ARDS,  Cardiac Failure or full CardioPulmonary support.  The panel provides case studies and explores..

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Novel approach to measuring clot burden of an oxygenator during ECMO.

Joe presents data on the commonality of clot burden in the ECMO circuit and how difficult it is to detect without a tool that can directly measure intra-oxygenator volume in..

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Ambulating the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) patient.

Christine Perme, PT, CCS, FCCM discusses the physical therapy of long term ECMO patients.  Christine and the panel give examples of and discuss ambulating our ECMO patients to maintain their..

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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) patient selection.

ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) patient selection is a complex and often difficult decision for any healthcare provider that orders or decides on the appropriateness of ECMO therapy for their patients. ..

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Recirculation on VV ECMO. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Excellent presentation and discussion of recirculation in you V-V ECMO circuit. Single or double cannulation techniques and learn how increased flows and volume changes can affect the amount of recirculation..

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Extracorporeal Life Support Bridge ECMO for Pulmonary Hypertension.

Dr. Hany Samir, Dr. Juan Carlos Zubieta, and perfusionists Rebecca Bolkavac and Joe Basha discuss ECMO as a bridge to transplant for patients suffering from pulmonary hypertension.    

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ECPR Extracorporeal Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation.

Dr. Hany Samir lectures and discusses the use of ECPR (Extracorporeal Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) for sudden cardiac arrest.  Dr. Samir discusses special consideration and outcomes associated with ECPR (Extracorporeal Cardio Pulmonary..

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ECMO survival with CoViD 19 – What we learned so far.

Dr. Hany Samir lectures and discusses the use of ECPR (Extracorporeal Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) for sudden cardiac arrest.  Dr. Hany Samir and Mat Warhoover, CCP from Vanderbilt discuss the survival..

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ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Patient Selection.

An expert panel with decades of ECMO experience managing many ECMO patients discuss the factors that influence patient selection for ECMO support.   

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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Anticoagulation.

Joe Basha, CCP and John Ingram, CCP talk about anticoagulation strategies for ECMO patients.  Joe and John discuss SCCM guidelines and their own experiences with different anticoagulation protocols.   

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ECMO Cannulation – Are you optimizing your therapy?

John Ingram, CCP and Joe Basha, CCP discuss how to evaluate the effectiveness of your ECMO cannulation strategy and of your ECMO therapeutic goals and metrics.   

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ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) - Cannulation strategies

Another excellent review by John Ingram, CCP of various ECMO cannulation strategies, including basic cannulation and exotic cannulation strategies.   

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Coronavirus (Covid-19) Implications for perfusion.

Joe discusses his experiences with managing a perfusion practice, ecmo volume, and safety during the Coronavirus pandemic. Implication for perfusion  My experience as a perfusion business owner.  

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Common Problems of the ICU Patient. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

Super lecture and discussion around management of the Critical Care Unit patient.  Common problems if the ICU patient.  What is the role of the CRRT (Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy).  Mostly..

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ECMO Usage. Novel Approach Towards Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Joe Basha, CCP presents data on the expanded use of ECMO around the world, including a novel approach towards use of ECMO outside of the hospital as rescue therapy for..

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TCD, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, ECMO Coverage Management.

Lectures and panel discussion on Trans-Cranial Doppler, Novel approach for Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair with Hypekalemia, and management of the ECMO patient.  

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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) complications.

Joe Basha, CCP and Mike Brown, CCP describe and discuss common and complex complications of ECMO.   

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Use of Polypropylene and Polymethylpentene (PMP) Fibers for ECMO Oxygenators

Learn about the construction on hollow fiber oxygenators and the use of these for ECMO and cardiac surgery. Learn the reason for fiber wetting and failure and how fiber construction..

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