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Descriptor English:
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Oxigenación por Membrana Extracorporea
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Oxigenação por Membrana Extracorpórea
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Synonyms English:
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ECMO
Oxygenation, Extracorporeal Membrane
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Tree Number:
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E02.880.301
E04.292.451
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Definition English:
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Application of a life support system that circulates the blood through an oxygenating system, which may consist of a pump, a membrane oxygenator, and a heat exchanger. Examples of its use are to assist victims of smoke inhalation injury, respiratory failure, and cardiac failure. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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do not use /util except by MeSH definition; note short X ref
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See Related English:
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Oxygenators, Membrane
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History Note English:
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89
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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23632
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Unique Identifier:
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D015199
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Similar:
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