An ideal resource for the entire extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) team, Clinical ECMO Management: A Case-Based Approach is a practical, easy-to-follow guide to the use of ECMO in a wide variety of patient scenarios. Drs. Jarrod M. Mosier and Joseph E. Tonna lead a team of expert contributors who provide reliable, clinically focused answers to “How do I use and manage ECMO for the patient with _____?”, covering the full range of patient populations and syndromes for which ECMO is used.

• Uses an easy-to-follow template in every case-based chapter, guiding you all the way from patient selection and cannulation strategies to ECMO weaning and decannulation.

• Incorporates key principles/questions throughout each chapter, helping you integrate physiologic, scientific, and technical information into everyday patient care

• Provides up-to-date guidance on ECMO use for patients with  heart failure, lung failure, or heart surgery; as a bridge option to further treatment; as an organ assessment tool before heart or lung surgery; for support during high-risk procedures in the cardiac cath lab; as a bridge to a heart assist device such as LVAD; as a bridge for patients awaiting lung transplant; and more

• Features a full-color designand illustrations throughout to reinforce principles