ECMO hospital list ????

[PennyCampsey]

Do we have a list of hospital's that provide ECMO ?
I know of a few, but was just wondering, thought that information may be useful to us. If we dont have one, do you think we could somehow compose one?

[Dawn Torrence Ireland]

No, we don't have one, but I'm sure there's a list somewhere. I'll see what we can find - surely one of our Medical Advisors has a list.

[PennyCampsey]

Thank you It's just on my mind for reason. .. . . ..

[AmyMiles]

I know that University of Michigan and Spectrum/DeVos Children's hospitals have ECMO.

[karahess]

Akron Children's Hospital also has ECMO.

[PennyCampsey]

Oh, great ..
I know the University of Viriginia does, and as far as I can tell, that's the only one in VA .....

[PennyCampsey]

There was another CDH baby at UVA while cole was is NICU, it was on ECMO ... i often think about that family , wonder about that baby.
Didnt get to talk to the family, the mother wasnt able to be there much for some reason, so our paths never really crossed

[Donna Easley]

I know Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital has ECMO

[Cristin Russell]

Children's Hospital Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital Floating Hospital for Children
Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania

[BeverlyCawvey]

Sad to say some Hospital's have EMCO But, Not the ECMO Specialists.
hope this helps =)

Chicago Children's memorial Hospital

http://www.childrensmemorial.org/
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Extracorporeal Life Support (also known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ECMO) is cardiopulmonary bypass pumping done for prolonged periods of time at a child's bedside. Cardiopulmonary bypass was originally developed to allow surgery on the pediatric heart during "open heart surgery." However, we have been able to adapt the technology to support children who suffer pulmonary failure from a large variety of causes.

Children with overwhelming pneumonias, those born with severe congenital anomalies such as diaphragmatic hernia with pulmonary hypoplasia, or children who have heart failure following cardiac surgery may be candidates for ECMO support. In all of these children, ECMO circulates a child's blood so that oxygen can be supplied to the body and gaseous wastes removed, allowing time for healing for a child's damaged lungs.

These highly complex procedures are done in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children's Memorial. Staff members in the Division of Pediatric General Surgery, as well as a host of other supporting services, provide consultation. Full parental consent is sought prior to the initiation of the ECMO procedure, which generally lasts from several days to as long as three to four weeks.

Pediatric surgeons are available to families to keep them fully informed of a child's progress when undergoing this innovative but technologically demanding support. Ancillary care services and surgery are provided as necessary, and pediatric surgery maintains long-term follow-up services for all of the children who have undergone ECMO.


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University of Chicago Medical Center.
Donald Liu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Surgeon-in-Chief for the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital
www.uchospitals.edu/physicians/donald-liu.html