ECMO Global Trends and Use in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Ravi Thiagarajan for OPENPediatrics

In this video, Dr. Ravi Thiagarajan, Chief of the Division of Cardiac Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital, outlines past and present trends in ECMO use across the globe. He also reviews the major challenges faced by ECMO providers today, with a focus on ECMO use for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After viewing this video, participants should be able to:
•Describe global trends in ECMO that have developed over time
•Understand the primary utilizations of ECMO
•Identify the most frequent complications that arise during ECMO
•Know how ECMO is utilized during cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.

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