With swine flu season approaching, they is an intresting article at lancet that covers a new treatment for acute respiratory failure .The treatment is called edextracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) which works by bypassing the heart and lungs to treat acute respiratory failure.Details of the trial can be found here: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61069-2/fulltext
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