ECMO helps recovery from lung injury treating delta variant patients Apollo
Chennai Nov 17 PTI The extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO has helped in the recovery of patients with significant lung injury eliminating the need for lung transplant besides serving to treat delta variant COVID-19 patients claimed Dr Paul Ramesh senior consultant cardiothoracic and heart and lung transplant surgeon Apollo Hospitals here on WednesdayAlso the Apollo Chennai ECMO unit has set a longest bridge to lung recovery patient on ECMO for 116 days 183 days of hospitalisation he saidBy using ECMO we have seen that the majority of patients with significant lung injury recover fully eliminating the need for a lung transplant Dr Ramesh saidSpeaking to reporters here he said of the 23 persons infected with delta variant during the second COVID-19 wave placed on ECMO 10 patients have been discharged one had a successful transplant two are off the ECMO and undergoing rehabilitation Six patients had died due to severe illness Dr Ramesh claimedThe patients blood is purified and oxygenated through large tubes placed inside large veins close to the heart and returned back by means of a pump In a majority of patients who have COVID-19 that causes lung failure only lung support is required In a small number of patients it is required for the support of the heart function also the hospital saidApollo hospitals in Chennai has the countrys most advanced ECMO unit which has successfully treated over 270 ECMO patients since 2010 a release from the hospital said and added ECMO is employed under various conditions including poisoning trauma and infections such as H1N1 pre and post-transplant patients and most recently the COVID-19We have demonstrated that ECMO was very effective in patients who were unable to be treated with conventional ventilator therapy Among the many records the Apollo Chennai ECMO unit has set is we also have the longest bridge to lung recovery patient on ECMO for 116 days the release saidThe reason for success includes awake ECMO allowing the patient to remain awake and engage with their families in order to boost their morale and enhance the likelihood of a faster recovery and better treatment outcomes asserted Dr K Madhan Kumar senior consultant cardiothoracic and heart and lung transplant surgeon Apollo HospitalsIn order to establish a state of the art ECMO unit that can deliver outcome on par with the best units in the world many streams of expertise knowledge and skill from medical nursing perfusion technology as well as management and administrative streams have to come together Suneeta Reddy managing director Apollo Hospitals Group saidDuring the second wave of COVID-19 the team broke records by successfully helping lung function to recover in the largest number of patients in India the hospital said PTI JSP ROH ROH
Chennai Nov 17 PTI The extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO has helped in the recovery of patients with significant lung injury eliminating the need for lung transplant besides serving to treat delta variant COVID-19 patients claimed Dr Paul Ramesh senior consultant cardiothoracic and heart and lung transplant surgeon Apollo Hospitals here on WednesdayAlso the Apollo Chennai ECMO unit has set a longest bridge to lung recovery patient on ECMO for 116 days 183 days of hospitalisation he saidBy using ECMO we have seen that the majority of patients with significant lung injury recover fully eliminating the need for a lung transplant Dr Ramesh saidSpeaking to reporters here he said of the 23 persons infected with delta variant during the second COVID-19 wave placed on ECMO 10 patients have been discharged one had a successful transplant two are off the ECMO and undergoing rehabilitation Six patients had died due to severe illness Dr Ramesh claimedThe patients blood is purified and oxygenated through large tubes placed inside large veins close to the heart and returned back by means of a pump In a majority of patients who have COVID-19 that causes lung failure only lung support is required In a small number of patients it is required for the support of the heart function also the hospital saidApollo hospitals in Chennai has the countrys most advanced ECMO unit which has successfully treated over 270 ECMO patients since 2010 a release from the hospital said and added ECMO is employed under various conditions including poisoning trauma and infections such as H1N1 pre and post-transplant patients and most recently the COVID-19We have demonstrated that ECMO was very effective in patients who were unable to be treated with conventional ventilator therapy Among the many records the Apollo Chennai ECMO unit has set is we also have the longest bridge to lung recovery patient on ECMO for 116 days the release saidThe reason for success includes awake ECMO allowing the patient to remain awake and engage with their families in order to boost their morale and enhance the likelihood of a faster recovery and better treatment outcomes asserted Dr K Madhan Kumar senior consultant cardiothoracic and heart and lung transplant surgeon Apollo HospitalsIn order to establish a state of the art ECMO unit that can deliver outcome on par with the best units in the world many streams of expertise knowledge and skill from medical nursing perfusion technology as well as management and administrative streams have to come together Suneeta Reddy managing director Apollo Hospitals Group saidDuring the second wave of COVID-19 the team broke records by successfully helping lung function to recover in the largest number of patients in India the hospital said PTI JSP ROH ROH
