This book explores the unique aspects involved in the management of ECMO patients such as
physiopathology and indications setting up the device monitoring ECMO and the patient
troubleshooting ethical aspects and rehabilitation. For the past eight years management of
acute heart failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) patients has been improved
by the development of short-term assistance devices with ECMO as a first line treatment. This
highly informative book provides essential insights for ICU nurses at ECMO centers around the
world who face the substantial challenges involved in the management of ECMO patients. Above
all it meets their training needs with regard to bedside monitoring for these patients which
has become a major issue. The editors and most of the contributors serve at La
Pitié-Salpétrière ICU France which in terms of the number of admissions and major
publications produced is one of the world's leading authorities on ECMO.
