American Association for Respiratory Care: Extracorporeal CO2 Removal for Acute Hypercarbic Respiratory Failure
January 14, 2021
January 14, 2021
IRVING, Texas, Jan. 14 (TNSRes) -- The American Association for Respiratory Care issued the following news:
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2-R) is a form of extracorporeal gas exchange designed to remove carbon dioxide from the blood across a gas exchange membrane at low blood flow rates (200-1500 ml/minute)./1 This is done without a clinically relevant effect on oxygenation, as opposed to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), which is employed mainly for oxygen de . . .
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2-R) is a form of extracorporeal gas exchange designed to remove carbon dioxide from the blood across a gas exchange membrane at low blood flow rates (200-1500 ml/minute)./1 This is done without a clinically relevant effect on oxygenation, as opposed to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), which is employed mainly for oxygen de . . .