extracorporeal life support

extracorporeal life support
(ECLS) the provision of respiratory support by circulating the blood through an artificial lung consisting of two compartments separated by a gas-permeable membrane, with the blood on one side and the ventilating gas on the other; used in newborns and occasionally in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Called also extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

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