JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Aug. 7, 2020) -- Brooke Army Medical Center is expanding its use of a highly specialized treatment many consider the “last line of defense” for ...

PHOENIX - On Dec. 23, we reported on a 35-year-old Army veteran in Arizona who is in need of a life-saving treatment, as he battles COVID-19. On Christmas Eve, a sad update for Brian Yazzie, as we ...

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 ...

Socioeconomic disparities made certain groups on mechanical ventilation less likely to receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment in the years before the pandemic, a Nationwide ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Odds for survival on ECMO to transplant went down if the patient had an older age at listing. Survival did not ...