Natalya Manhertz, once a thriving teen athlete, defied death through ECMO support after a rare infection led to sepsis, ...

ECMO is a life support system that can temporarily take over the work of the heart and lungs, providing the body with oxygen. It can allow the heart and lungs time to rest and heal. A person may ...

She barely survived sepsis. She wasn’t sure she’d ever feel beautiful again. But this story isn’t about what she’s lost — ...

The recent rise in cases of severe cardio-respiratory failure has spurred the medical community to explore advanced life-support techniques, including Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). In ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is usually a last resort strategy for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but for cases from COVID-19 should it come sooner? Starting awake ECMO ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology has relative contraindications in haemorrhagic disease but remains an effective therapeutic option for the treatment of pulmonary haemorrhage ...

Natalya Manhertz, a sepsis survivor and quadruple amputee, is determined to regain her independence by driving.