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The ECMO Book,

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Editors: By Jeffrey DellaVolpe, MD

Publication Date: 12 Jun 2023

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Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Critical Care

ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) is a crucial form of support for patients with respiratory failure, severe ARDS, COVID-19, and cardiogenic shock whose use has been increasing exponentially around the world. The ECMO Book offers a comprehensive yet approachable framework for understanding the principles of extracorporeal support as well as the subtleties related to the care of patients needing ECMO. Dr. Jeffrey DellaVolpe provides authoritative, consistent guidance on all aspects of ECMO, making complex information understandable and accessible and helping you increase your knowledge of and proficiency with this multifaceted therapy.

Key Features

Establishes the context of ECMO in the care of critically ill patients (patient selection, indications, contraindications), progressing from basic science information through advanced ECMO concepts
Explores physiologic fundamentals and builds on these concepts by applying them to extracorporeal support, equipping you with a sound framework for how those principles can be applied in the day-to-day management of patients with severe cardiac and respiratory failure
Covers key topics such as blood flow titration, sweep gas titration, ventilator management on ECMO, and anticoagulation and bleeding management
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

About the author

By Jeffrey DellaVolpe, MD, Texas, IPS Medical Center, Pulmonary/Sleep Clinic, San Antonio, Texas, USA

PART I PHYSIOLOGY
1. Oxygen Delivery and Consumption
2. Shock
3. Recognition of Shock
4. Hypoxia
5. The Failure of DO2 – Did What I Do to the Patient Just Work?

PART II ECMO FUNDAMENTALS
6. Introduction to ECMO Fundamentals
7. Indications and Selection of Patients for ECMO
8. ECMO Configurations
9. Components, Sensors, and Circuit Access

PART III ECMO PHYSIOLOGY
10. Blood Flow Dynamics
11. Membrane Characteristics
12. Veno-Venous ECMO Physiology
13. Veno-Arterial ECMO Physiology
14. Physiology of Retrograde Flow
15. Central Veno-Arterial ECMO Physiology

PART IV ECMO MANAGEMENT
16. Introduction to ECMO Management Principles
17. Blood Flow Titration
18. Sweep Gas Flow Titration
19. Ventilator Management on ECMO
20. Anticoagulation and Bleeding Management
21. Pharmacokinetics

Book Reviews

"This book provides an overview of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), released by the Institute for Extracorporeal Life Support." -©Doody’s Review Service, 2023, David James Dries, MSE, MD (Regions Hospital) Doody's Score: 4 Stars!

ISBN: 9780443111983

Page Count: 248

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Critical care physicians, physicians taking care of patients on ECMO (CT surgeons, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, intensivists, etc.