Intensivists Demand a National Organized Network for ECMO Therapy, the Technique That Keeps People Alive When Everything Fails
Intensivists in Spain are calling for a national network to organize ECMO therapy, highlighting its uneven distribution and reliance on voluntary efforts from healthcare professionals.
Transplanted Child: Here's What Happens Now: From Suspension of ECMO to Deep Sedation
The article discusses the current status of a transplanted child, detailing the transition from ECMO suspension to deep sedation as a form of palliative care.
Transplanted Child in Naples, What Happens Now: Therapy Interruption Approaches
A child in Naples, who has been on the ECMO device for over 55 days, is likely to have his therapies interrupted due to deteriorating health conditions and lack of hope for a transplant.
Possible new heart for the transplanted child: checks on compatibility
A new heart may offer new hope for a two-year-old boy from Naples who underwent a heart transplant last December but whose organ was damaged.
Difficult to intervene again: after 50 days, the liver, kidneys, and lungs are at their limits
Professor Luciano De Carlis discusses the dire health situation of a child in Naples after prolonged use of ECMO machines, raising concerns about the viability of a potential transplant.
Child waiting for heart: the hospital's silence, the truth about the transplant was hidden for a month
A two-year-old child on ECMO support experienced a failed heart transplant due to a frozen organ during transportation, with the hospital disclosing the details nearly a month after the event.
Pediatric heart transplants are rare procedures, thirty are performed annually in Italy
In Italy, only thirty pediatric heart transplants are conducted each year, highlighting the rarity and complexity of such operations.
They transplanted a non-functioning heart to a 2-year-old baby and now he struggles for his life: "We hope for a miracle"
A two-year-old baby in Argentina, who underwent a heart transplant after a lengthy wait, remains in critical condition, struggling to recover after complications from the surgery.
The machine that saves lives and protects blood between liquid walls
A project funded by the 'la Caixa' Foundation in collaboration with Gregorio Marañón Hospital is developing a safer life support system, specifically ECMO, for critically ill patients.