Chapter 2 — Cardiopulmonary Physiology for ECMO

Published 6 Sep 2026. Mostly mechanistic content; two cited sources (Ronco 1993 JAMA; Tomarchio 2024 Perfusion) both fully verified. Numerical audit corrected the VO2 index range to 120-130 mL/min/m2 for internal consistency with ~200-250 mL/min. Lieberman critical-DO2-in-conscious-humans study could not be retrieved (Europe PMC rate limiting) and is deliberately not cited. Deliberately does not repeat the CaO2 arithmetic from Ch 1; VA haemodynamics deferred to Ch 13.