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AI with a heart: Neural network predicts survival of critically ill patients on heart-lung bypass
A research team led by engineers and cardiologists from Monash University has used artificial intelligence to develop an algorithm to accurately predict the survival of intensive care patients who need ECMO. Read more at Monash News.
Health Minister announces funding for life-saving heart/lung machine research
Research to identify patients who will benefit most from a life-saving machine that acts as the heart and lungs following organ failure has received a $1 million Federal Government funding boost. Read more at Monash News.
ECMO team saves 50 lives
Specialists at The Alfred saved the lives of 50 COVID-19 patients with the use of ECMO during the height of the pandemic. Read more at Alfred Health News.
'I'll forever be grateful': Melbourne's COVID-19 coma miracle
Doctors from The Alfred HospItal are pioneering an extreme form of prolonged life support to save COVID-19 patients from death. Read more / watch at Nine News.
'Scary' way of treating COVID patients with 'unbelievable' machine
A patient and his doctor have lifted the lid on an extraordinary method for treating serious cases of COVID that involves people being put into a coma for as long as 130 days. Read more at The Australian.
Melbourne’s COVID coma miracles: Patients tell of months ‘off’
Victorian hospitals have broken new ground in COVID-19 treatment, placing patients into comas for months to save their lives. Read more / listen at 3AW.
Ventilators are well-known, but there's another machine that might save your life if you get COVID
Throughout the COVID pandemic, the use of ventilators for the most seriously ill patients has been prominent, but the machine that Sergio was hooked up to for more than 100 days — called ECMO — hasn't garnered as much attention. Read more at ABC News.
Better outcomes for critically ill patients the focus of new research centre
Professor Carol Hodgson will lead a new Centre for Research Excellence that will rapidly generate and translate new knowledge for patients who require invasive life support in intensive care settings. Read more at Monash News.
What Is ECMO for COVID-19?
You may think of ventilators as the last line of defense for patients who are critically ill with COVID-19. But that's not always the case. Next-level life support exists for some of the sickest patients struggling to recover from the novel coronavirus. Read more at US News.
What is ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and how is it being used to help severe COVID-19 patients?
There is a technique you may not have heard of that's starting to be used more and more frequently in very severe cases of COVID-19. Read more at ABC News.
Without a vaccine, experts turn to data to help treat COVID-19 patients
Australian researchers will examine worldwide data of COVID-19 patients in intensive care to see if patterns emerge that could change the way the virus is treated in those who are critically ill. Read more at The Sydney Morning Herald.
Carol Hodgson – the EXCEL registry
Prof Carol Hodgson talks ECMO and the EXCEL registry in this ANZICS CTG Noosa 2019 podcast. Listen at Osler Podcasts.