COVID-19: Severely ill patient, 12 out of 23 with ECMO recovered: 300 medical institutions survey
COVID-19: ECMO “heart-lung machine”
As a result of using the heart-lung machine for critically ill patients with new-type pneumonia, half have recovered.
Twenty-three seriously ill patients with the new type of coronavirus pneumonia visited a heart-lung machine / advanced treatment called “ECMO”.
ECMO: Usage effects
A survey of professional societies found that a majority of the 12 people had recovered.
According to WHO, about 6% of people become seriously ill when infected with COVID-19.
“ECMO”: heart-lung machine
It sends oxygen directly into the blood and temporarily replaces the function of the lungs.
Japan Society of Intensive Care Medicine / Japan Association for Emergency Medicine
We surveyed about 300 medical institutions in Japan.
As of the 11th of this month, at least 23 people were found to have had this treatment.
Twelve of these patients are completing the treatment and are recovering, and no patients have died.
In Japan, there is a system that can treat about 300 new coronavirus patients with this device.
NHK News