extracorporeal
adjective
ex·tra·cor·po·re·al
ˌek-strə-kȯr-ˈpȯr-ē-əl 
: occurring or based outside the living body
the heart-lung machine maintains extracorporeal circulation during heart surgery
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The union includes respiratory therapists, phlebotomists, patient care technicians, inpatient unit clerks and specialists in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as ECMO, along with clerical staff in clinics and ambulatory care settings.
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2024
When a patient in cardiac arrest is placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, as Sauer was, the treatment is called ECPR.
—Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
In 2020 a randomized clinical trial of this approach, known as extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), at the University of Minnesota showed that the technique resulted in a survival rate of 43 percent, compared with 7 percent in standard care.
—Erica Westly, Scientific American, 27 Nov. 2023
She was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with pneumonia and sepsis, experienced organ failure, and was placed on an extreme form of life support called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for five days.
—Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2024
When a patient in cardiac arrest is placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, as Sauer was, the treatment is called ECPR.
—Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
In 2020 a randomized clinical trial of this approach, known as extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), at the University of Minnesota showed that the technique resulted in a survival rate of 43 percent, compared with 7 percent in standard care.
—Erica Westly, Scientific American, 27 Nov. 2023
She was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with pneumonia and sepsis, experienced organ failure, and was placed on an extreme form of life support called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for five days.
—Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
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extracorporeal
adjective
ex·tra·cor·po·re·al
-kȯr-ˈpōr-ē-əl, -ˈpȯr-
: occurring or based outside the living body
heart surgery employing extracorporeal circulation
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