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What to do when the heart AND lungs are failing? Enter: ECMO. This critical care therapy can be lifesaving. It can also complicate your feeding plan. Let’s dive in together.

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Show Notes: 

• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Article: https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007234.htm

• PDF: What Is ECMO?: https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/what-is-ecmo.pdf

• Different Types of ECMO Article: https://uihc.org/health-topics/different-types-ecmo

• Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) Article: https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/congenital-diaphragmatic-hernia-cdh

• Farr BJ, Rice-Townsend SE, Mehta NM. Nutrition Support During Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2018;33(6):747-53.

• Umezawa Makikado LD, Flordelís Lasierra JL, Pérez‐Vela JL, et al. Early enteral nutrition in adults receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2013;37(2):281‐284.

• Scott LK, Boudreaux K, Thaljeh F, Grier LR, Conrad SA. Early enteral feedings in adults receiving venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2004;28(5):295‐300.