ECMO in airway procedures

Lee Kok Tong
Sultan Idris Shah Hospital, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Central airway obstruction leading to asphyxia and respiratory failure are the main causes of mortality where conventional airway management techniques may not provide adequate gas exchange. In situations of life-threatening airway compression, VV-ECMO can be used as a bridging technique to provide adequate gas exchange during attempts of securing definite airway