How to Use extracorporeal in a Sentence

extracorporeal

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• Treatment might involve a procedure called extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), which is when sound waves are used to try to break up the stone.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 29 Oct. 2018
• There, he was placed on a machine called ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), which did the work of his heart and lungs to keep him alive while his organs were given time to heal.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2019
• Josh was put on a life support called ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) that took over his heart and lung functions so his body could rest.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 9 Feb. 2020
• Called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, the technique siphons blood out of the patient, runs it through an oxygenator and pumps it back into the body.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2020
• The only next step was extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ECMO, where blood is sent through a machine to be refreshed with oxygen then put back into the body.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 8 May 2020
• The media outlet said doctors were able to revive Mash with an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine (Ecmo), which took over the functions of her heart and lungs.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2019
• The equipment, called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), uses pumps and tubes to remove blood from a patient, injects the blood with oxygen and returns the oxygenated blood to the body.
  — oregonlive, 15 May 2020
• But for each adult saved by this machine – dubbed ECMO, for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation – another adult hooked up to the equipment dies in the hospital.
  — Melissa Bailey, USA TODAY, 17 June 2019
• He was put on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, which is a form of life support.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 21 Oct. 2022
• There, she was connected to an extracorporeal life support machine (ECMO), as her lungs were unable to produce enough oxygen to keep herself and her baby alive.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 5 Nov. 2021
• Doctors can also use a procedure called extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), a non-invasive technique that uses sound waves to break the stone into bits that can then pass through your system.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 22 Feb. 2018
• As a last-ditch effort, a small number of patients who haven't improved with the support of ventilators have been treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a type of life support that can support the function of the heart and lungs.
  — Staff, ExpressNews.com, 21 May 2020
• And, he had been placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, a device that pumps blood out of the body to give the vital organs time to recuperate during intense bodily stress.
  — Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 10 Jan. 2022
• Eight of those patients are in the intensive care unit, with four on ventilators and one on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation -- known as ECMO -- machine.
  — Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online, 24 Dec. 2021
• There, a ventilator breathed for her; when that wasn’t enough, doctors used an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine to pump her blood outside her body and oxygenate it there before putting it back in.
  — Caroline Catherman, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2021
• The medical team repeatedly performed CPR and hooked him up to an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, which pumped blood out of his body into a heart-lung machine that removes carbon dioxide, and then back into the body.
  — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2020
• In cases like Jackson's, doctors use technology called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a lung bypass machine, redirecting blood outside the body so the lungs have time to heal.
  — Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 22 May 2021
• Two days later, the 28-year-old was intubated and placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine.
  — Kelsie Smith, CNN, 5 Jan. 2021
• All seven patients who died of Covid and all of the 13 patients who received a last-ditch treatment called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation were unvaccinated, according to the findings.
  — Robert Langreth, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2022
• Some of them needed heart-lung bypass machines, known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, to survive.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2021
• He was put on a heart-lung machine called ECMO, for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, as surgeons debated doing a rare procedure to remove his clots.
  — David Wahlberg, Star Tribune, 10 July 2021
• The man is currently in critical but stable condition and on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a form of life support that performs essential functions of the heart and lungs.
  — Jackie Borchardt, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2021
• The machine — called ECMO, for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation — is a last resort.
  — Denise Grady, New York Times, 3 June 2021
• The longtime teacher’s aide at Sunshine Cottage School for the Deaf had received all possible treatments, except for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which would have added oxygen directly to her blood.
  — Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 12 July 2020
• Arizona's largest hospital system warned over the past week that its intensive care units are filling up, ventilator use was on the rise and capacity was reached for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment.
  — Rachel Leingang, USA TODAY, 11 June 2020
• The next step was an artificial-heart-and-lung machine known familiarly as ECMO — short for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
  — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022
• Three were treated with a machine called ECMO — short for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation — a step some consider a last resort after ventilators fail.
  — New York Times, 17 July 2021
• He was put on an ECMO machine, giving him extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
  — al, 25 Mar. 2021
• Before the transplant, the University patient had required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a type of life support that bypasses the lungs by manually adding oxygen and removing carbon dioxide from the blood.
  — Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 24 Nov. 2020
• Only nine of the hospitals had extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machines, which artificially add oxygen into the bloodstream of severely ill patients when a ventilator alone is not enough.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 21 May 2021

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024