“Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation : An Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning Approach” provides an overview of the latest techniques, management strategies and technology surrounding the clinical use of ECMO. This interdisciplinary book reviews the most common scenarios of ECMO in 62 chapters exploring the conditions and problems arising in ECMO practice. Each chapter begins with a stem case, followed by open questions to encourage critical thinking and enable the reader to follow the management strategies of the authors, who are world leaders in the field. Followed by an evidence-based discussion, each chapter concludes with multiple-choice questions for self-assessment. This book is current in its knowledge of organ systems and management and keeps pace with new ECMO technology and surgical techniques coupled with current guidelines for management. Starting with the history of ECMO to technical aspects, circuit biocompatibility and interaction with blood, drugs and flow physics, the volume continues into pediatric and adult sections, focussing on both respiratory and cardiovascular support, followed by a section on trauma. The volume then concludes with a section on neurologic complications and ethics, as well as rehabilitation and ambulation of ECMO patients. In addition, to reflect the current global health situation, this book also includes a chapter on ECMO management in patients suffering with COVID-19, to cover the most urgent and pressing questions around ECMO during the ongoing pandemic. This is the first ECMO book on the market to utilise a problem-based learning approach and as such is an important unprecedented project on ECMO education.

Table of Contents:
HISTORY OF ECMO 1 From the first ECMO patient into the future TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC ASPECTS OF ECMO 2 Development and staffing of an ECMO service 3 ECMO configurations and cannulation in pediatric patients 4 ECMO configurations and cannulation in adult patients 5 The ECMO circuit and trouble shooting 6 Echocardiography in the management of ECMO patients 7 Airway management in ECMO patients 8 Acute renal failure and renal replacement therapy in ECMO patients 9 Ambulance ground transportation of ECMO patients 10 Fixed-wing and helicopter air transport of ECMO patients 11 Implications and experiences with long run ECMO ECMO BLOOD INTERACTION 12 The unholy blood - biomaterial interaction in extracorporeal 13 Heparin anticoagulation for Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Implantation on ECMO 14 Bivalirudin for alternative anticoagulation in heparin induced thrombocytopenia during ECMO 15 Argatroban for anticoagulation in pediatric and adult ECMO 16 ECMO transfusion and coagulation management PHARMACOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ECMO 17 Pharmacological considerations for analgesia and sedation of ECMO 18 Challenges of antimicrobial therapy in ECMO patients 19 Vasopressor and inotropic support in ECMO patients with refractory shock ECMO IN NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE 20 ECMO for Meconium Aspiration Syndrome 21 ECMO for neonatal pulmonary hypertension and associated 22 ECMO in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia 23 Evidence and management of rare presentations in neonatal ECMO 24 ECMO for the pediatric patient with Status Asthmaticus 25 ECMO for pediatric pneumonia and sepsis 26 ECMO in pediatric lung transplantation 27 Weaning and decannulation of neonatal and pediatric respiratory ECMO support ECMO IN NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC CARDIAC DISEASE 28 ECMO in pediatric patients with univentricular circulation 29 ECMO in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease 30 Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in children 31 ECMO as a bridge to pediatric heart transplantation 32 Weaning and decannulation of pediatric cardiac ECMO ECMO IN ADULT RESPIRATORY DISEASE 33 Veno-venous ECMO for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 34 Extracorporeal CO2 removal to enhance protective ventilation in ARDS 35 ECMO in Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) 36 ECMO in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) patients 37 ECMO in pregnancy and the peripartum patient 38 ECMO in sickle cell disease and acute chest syndrome 39 ECMO for severe respiratory failure secondary to HIV infection 40 Bicaval dual lumen ECMO cannulation for lung transplantation 41 Weaning and liberation from V-V ECMO ECMO IN ADULT CARDIAC DISEASE 42 ECMO support for adults with congenital heart disease 43 ECMO for myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock 44 ECMO support for patients with myocarditis 45 Left ventricular venting strategies during ECMO support 46 ECMO support for patients with major aortic surgery or dissection 47 Mechanical support for post-cardiotomy right ventricular failure 48 ECMO for the complicated post-cardiotomy cardiac arrest 49 ECMO for accidental hypothermia and cardiorespiratory arrest 50 ECMO support for pulmonary embolism 51 Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults 52 Bridging from ECMO to durable left ventricular assist device 53 ECMO in the management of heart transplantation 54 Weaning and liberation from V-A ECMO ECMO IN THE ADULT TRAUMA PATIENT 55 ECMO for hemorrhagic shock after blunt trauma 56 ECMO in patients with burn and smoke inhalation injury REHABILITATION, NEUROLOGICAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF ECMO 57 ECMO in the awake patient, early extubation and physical rehabilitation 58 Neurodevelopmental outcome after pediatric cardiac ECMO support 59 Neurologic complications in adult ECMO 60 Management of ECMO complicated by intracranial hemorrhage 61 Neurological monitoring and determination of brain death in ECMO 62 Ethical considerations for ECMO initiation and end-of-life care