Chapters 61–68. Where the standard ECMO framework must be modified — and where it must not.
# | Chapter | Core question it answers |
61 | Pregnancy | Two patients, one circuit. |
62 | Trauma | Can ECMO be run with active haemorrhage? |
63 | Poisoning | Which intoxications are ECMO-reversible? |
64 | Pulmonary Embolism | Support, reperfusion, or both — and in what order? |
65 | Hypothermia | Rewarming physiology and outcome expectations. |
66 | Immunocompromised Patients | Has the historical contraindication survived the evidence? |
67 | Obesity | Flow requirements, access and outcome data. |
68 | Paediatric Considerations | What the adult intensivist must not extrapolate. |